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MDI31C11SW00015
| Record Name(s) | Minnesota Slate - 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-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Slate
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 30' 10.19" Longitude: -77° 29' 35.02"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 301815.754 Northing: 4930746.804 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Property symbol 36, map M2154
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive 1.44 km west on Hwy 7 from Hwy 62. Turn left and drive 0.08 km (just before first house on left at small rise in road).
1934 to 1939: Canada Slate Products Limited operated the quarry. 1936 and 1937: Crespey Slate Products were the operators. August 2001: DSG visited the site and GPS'd location: N 44.50310 deg, W 77.50009 deg (N 4930885 E 301249 NAD 27).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Supergroup: Grenville Supergroup
Geological Age: Proterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Slate | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - August 24, 2001: Field visit by DSG, grey coloured slate with red hemititic weathering. Slaty cleavage was measured at N65 deg E/ 83 deg SSE.
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 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: 70 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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