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Record: MDI31C11SW00096

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bonter - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 30' 56.02"    Longitude: -77° 25' 38.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 307070.722   Northing: 4932003.907    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Point 3.5 km ENE of Madoc.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is located along the east side of the Pinewood Park Lake Road which runs south from Hwy 7, about 3 km east of Madoc.



Exploration History

Bonter Marble Company quarried white medium to fine crystalline calcitic marble.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble

Publication Number: IMR016 Scale:     Date: 1998

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

Location:


Mono - Geochemistry of Grenville marble in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC028 Scale:     Date: 1989

Author: Grant W.T., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Precambrian dolomite resources in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5712 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., MacKinnon A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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