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MDI31C11SW00013
| Record Name(s) | Madoc Creek Rhyolite - 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-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Rhyolite
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 32' 57.39" Longitude: -77° 27' 11.72"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 305135 Northing: 4935810 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Map symbol ST, 2.2 km SE of Hazzards Corner.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Drive approximately 1.0 km east of Hwy 62 on Hwy 7. Turn left and drive 4 km. Turn right. Walk 360 m from cinder block garage on north side, along lane beside maple bush and then (hay) field on south side. On east side of field is a small rocky ridge. Ask permission at house.
1940 - 1956: Building Products Limited, produced roofing granules from crushed rhyolite.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Grimsthorpe
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
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, 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: 74 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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