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| Record Name(s) | Fox Corners - 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-Aug-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 36' 23.91" Longitude: -77° 31' 5.94"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 300163.719 Northing: 4942339.957 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SE
Point Location Description: Bedrock outcrop 900 m ENE of Fox Corners & near property symbol 16.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive north on Hwy 62 for 11.7 km from the junction of Hwys 62 and 7. Drive east on the Fox road for 0.85 km. The quarry is in a farmer's field about 60 m south of the road.
Pink Grenville marble is quarried for terrazzo chips by Stoklosar Marble Quarries.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Well banded, fine crystalline, pink, white and grey calcitic marble.
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 15 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 Page: 42-43 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 Page: 3-4, 25 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 Page: 73 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 245-8 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
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 Page: 155-156 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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Book - 100 Mineral Locations in Southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: Page: 48 Date: 1964
Author: Leach, H.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Book - 200 Mineral Locations in Southern Ontario
Publication Number: Page: 10 Date: 1972
Author: Leach, H.
Publisher Name:
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Mono - Distribution and characteristics of the sulphide ores of the Timmins area
Publication Number: MP041 Page: 87 Date: 1970
Author: Pyke D.R., Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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