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Record: MDI31D14NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Muskoka Silcon Aggregates Quarry - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Muskoka

Latitude: 44° 59' 10.43"    Longitude: -79° 18' 27.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 633417.997   Northing: 4982814.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31D14NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Pit is located on gravel road 500m northwest of old highway 11, 800m south of highway 11b.



Exploration History

circa 1975 - Muskoka Silicon Aggregates reportedly extracted material from this site.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Precambrian Geology, Gravenhurst Area

Publication Number: P3409 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M., Schwerdtner W.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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