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Record: MDI31C11SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Earl Sager - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Rhyolite



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 33' 33.06"    Longitude: -77° 25' 25.76"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 307505.725   Northing: 4936840.971    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Centre of quarry ST just south of property symbol 46

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive 5.4 km east on Hwy 7 from Hwy 62, then north on Hunt Club Road for 1.8 km; take right turn at intersection and drive 2.25 km to a right bend in the road. Take laneway on left and drive 320 m. Continue along laneway by foot from small culvert for 90 m.



Exploration History

1940 - 1956: Building Products Ltd. operated the rhyolite quarry for the production of roofing granules.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #071225

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Map - Madoc area, Ontario

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

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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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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