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Record: MDI31D09NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rutter Granite Company - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 42' 57.91"    Longitude: -78° 20' 15.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 710859   Northing: 4954860    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NW

Point Location Description: Point on east side of Hwy 507 just east of Horseshoe Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From the junction of Hwys 36 and 507 travel north on Hwy 507 for 13 km . The site is in this area on the east side of Hwy 507.



Exploration History

1963 : Rutter Granite Company - quarried and tested this red granite. They were active in the exploration of granite for monument and building stone purposes.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Red Medium-Grained Biotite Granite Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 5, granite and gneiss

Publication Number: IMR019 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township and Environs, Grenville Province

Publication Number: P3605 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2010

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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