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| Record Name(s) | Hughes Quarry - 1912, James Hughes Property - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Elmsley
Latitude: 44° 51' 12.27" Longitude: -76° 11' 52.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 405346 Northing: 4967364 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SE
Point Location Description: stone symbol west-southwest of McCue and nearest to Otty Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Potsdam sandstone occurrs on a knoll overlooking the lake; exposed for about 50 acres.
Circa 1912 : most of the good stone had been removed and the purple stone was practically exhausted. Some very large blocks were obtained (30 x 2 x 11/2 ft.) but, because contractors paid the owner for the privilege of quarrying, much valuable stone was destroyed and no proper quarry ever opened.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - This Potsdam sandstone is made up of characteristically broad bands of a purplish hue which vary from narrow lines to 8-10 inches in thickness. Much of the intermediate material is yellow, fading to white. The stone breaks freely with the bedding and easily across it. The sequence is medium-bedded (10-18 inches) with a hard, flinty, white sandstone below. Heavy overburden lies to the west. There are actually 2 quarries that operated intermittently on the Hughes property. In one quarry there is 2-4 ft of thin-bedded, medium-grained grey and purple mottled Potsdam sandstone. Random flagstone (2-3 inches thick) was the main product. A second quarry, 1/4 ml south of the road, exposes 3-4 ft. of medium-bedded (8-10 inch), even-bedded, grey and purple mottled Potsdam sandstone. The latter were used for ashlar. On this property, the valuable stone occurs on a knoll overlooking a small lake and is exposed over an area of about 50 acres. The stone was quarried from two different, but adjacent sites.
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 129-130 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 16 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-11 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 81 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 260 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: NY02.0 Deposit 1 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Report on the geology of a portion of eastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 14
Publication Number: Ann Rep 14 Pt J Date: 1901
Author: Ells, R.W.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/247604
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1961
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
Map - Gananoque area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 189 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 189 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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