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| Record Name(s) | Grenville I - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone), Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 35' 56.54" Longitude: -77° 31' 8.28"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 300086 Northing: 4941497 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SE
Point Location Description: Quarry Mb just E of property symbol 16 closest to Eldorado.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive north on Hwy 62 for 9.6 km from the junction of Hwys 7 and 62. Drive east on the Rimington Road for 0.3 km. Turn north on a small road just before a bridge and follow the road for 0.7 km to the quarry.
1954-1955: Jack Walker Rayner- stripping, drilling, blasting and sampling. 1962-1965: Unknown amount of quarrying by Hastings Marbles Products Ltd. 1965-1974: quarrying by Grenville Aggregates Specialities Ltd. Stoklosar Marble Quarries Limited obtain light buff-coloured marble chips from this quarry. 1985: Stoklosar diamond drilled 140.5 feet. 1987: William P. Houston diamond drilled two holes here for a total of 101.0 and 102.7 feet, respectively.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Tweed file Madoc #73 (DDH Rpt. 40) | 31C12SE0015 | 31C12SE0015 |
| Tweed file Madoc #82 (DDH Rpt. 43) | 31C11SW8595 | 31C11SW8595 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Domain: Belmont
Geological Age: Proterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Decorative Aggregate |
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 14 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 42 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Madoc Township and the north part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County
Publication Number: R073 Page: 3-4, 24-25 Date: 1968
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 7. Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 162 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
Location:
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