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Record: MDI31C12NE00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keller Bridge Blue - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc, Madoc

Latitude: 44° 37' 15.76"    Longitude: -77° 31' 25.42"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 299784   Northing: 4943953    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12NE

Point Location Description: 1.5 km E of Keller Bridge.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The quarry is located 1.5 km due east of the hamlet of Keller Bridge.



Exploration History

The quarry is periodically operated by Stoklosar Marble Quarries and the marble is used for terrazzo chips.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
31C12NE0042 31C12NE0042

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The rock is a uniformly medium blue-grey, aphanitic dolomitic marble. Grey marbles are separated by a 20-30 ft thick red siliceous dolomite. (Madoc Assessment File #68)




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 161-162  Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey-Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Location:


Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 62  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Publication - Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 94  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: GSC

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


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