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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 Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2024-Jul-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 30' 44.56"    Longitude: -77° 29' 4.24"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 302527.68   Northing: 4931786.512    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Precise, southern end of quarry from LiDAR and satellite imagery.

Location Method: Data Compilation

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



Exploration History

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


Geology

Province: Grenville

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

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




Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 15  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 Page: 37-38  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 Page: 3-4, 24-25  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 Page: 80  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: OFR5751 Page: 86  Date: 1991

Author: DiPrisco G., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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