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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 Producing Mine
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° 37' 18.17"    Longitude: -77° 31' 35.25"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 299569.727   Northing: 4944033.978    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12NE

Point Location Description: General, point 1.5 km E of Keller Bridge.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

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.




Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The rock is a uniformly medium blue-grey, aphanitic dolomitic marble.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: NSP002 Scale:     Date: 1998

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

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

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