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MDI31C11SW00007
| Record Name(s) | Grenville III - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Nov-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jul-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
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.
1961-1965: quarrying by Madoc Marble Quarries Ltd. 1965-pre 1971: quarrying by Grenville Aggregate Specialties Ltd.
Province: Grenville
Domain: Grimsthorpe
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Dark to light gray, very fine-grained marble.
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
Location:
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
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 - 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
Location:
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
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:
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