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Record: MDI31C11SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Grenville III - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1984-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 30' 43.29"    Longitude: -77° 28' 55.89"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 302710.731   Northing: 4931741.829    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Rock o/c just above symbol MB east of property symbol 16 closest to intersection of Hwy 7&62.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is situated just west of the junction of highways 7 and 62. The entrance to the quarry is off of highway 7.



Exploration History

1961-1965: quarrying by Madoc Marble Quarries Ltd. 1965-pre 1971: quarrying by Grenville Aggregate Specialties Ltd.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Dark to light gray, very fine-grained marble.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #071222

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: R073 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - SMDR FILE, #01176

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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

Publication Number: S012 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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