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Record: MDI31C11SW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hazzards Corner - 1981, McCoy Quarry - 1991, Stoklosar Marble Quarries - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Aug-26
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)

Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Madoc, Madoc

Latitude: 44° 33' 57.74"    Longitude: -77° 27' 58.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 304165   Northing: 4937703    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Quarry from LiDAR and satellite imagery.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On the east side of County Road 12 just north of Hazzards Corners.



Exploration History

Marble was formerly quarried by Stoklosar Marble Quarries Limited.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Supergroup: Grenville Supergroup

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Buff dolomitic marble.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HematiteEconomicOre
2QuartzEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre
4MicaEconomicOre
5JasperEconomicOre
6DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 09, 2024 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - The outcrop consists of pink, flinty dolomite marble with numerous lenses and pods of white quartz. The marble is unconformably overlain by darker, dull red, flinty silcrete that contains fragments of opaline quartz, dolomite crystals eroded from the marble and quartz pebbles. (OFR5751)



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - The Precambrian-Paleozoic unconformity and related mineralization in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5751 Date: 1991

Author: DiPrisco G., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 102  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


Map - Madoc area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 46  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R073 Page: 3-4, 24-25  Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 159-160  Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Location:


Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 592  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


Publication - Chemical analyses of Canadian rocks, minerals, and ores; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115

Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 216, 221, 222  Date: 1965

Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631


Publication - Report of Progress for the year 1852-53

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1852-3 Page: 149  Date: 1853

Author: Logan, W E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/226074


Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 62  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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