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Record: MDI31C12SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Moira River - 1981, Concession V, Lot 22 - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1981-Sep-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Madoc

Latitude: 44° 36' 29.19"    Longitude: -77° 32' 51.6"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 297839.711   Northing: 4942574.969    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Property symbol 16 near Moira River and NW of Fox Corners.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive 10.75 km north on Hwy 62 from the junction of Hwys 7 and 62 near Madoc. Turn left or west onto Hastings Road #11 and continue on for 1.1 km. Turn north or right onto a private road and follow this for 1.3 km or to the end. Two quarries are located here.





Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Fine-crystalline, buff coloured marble.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #071242

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R073 Scale:     Date: 1968

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

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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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