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MDI31C11SW00012
| Record Name(s) | Earl Sager - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Sep-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Rhyolite
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.
1940 - 1956: Building Products Ltd. operated the rhyolite quarry for the production of roofing granules.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Grimsthorpe
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Is |
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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
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 2, 7, 28-29 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: 75 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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