Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31D15NE00012
| Record Name(s) | Orillia Light & Power Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Minden
Latitude: 44° 57' .02" Longitude: -78° 42' 1.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 681401.25 Northing: 4979969.244 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 2.0 km NW of Bat Lake. East of Highway 35 along Horseshoe Lake road.
Early 1940s: 40,000 tons of fine- to coarse-grained pink granite gneiss were removed for use in the production of concrete aggregate which was used in the construction of the power dam at Workman Falls operated by the Orillia Water, Light, and Power Commission (OFR 5678, p114).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - OGS 1987, OFM 95 MINDEN
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Lochlin area, County of Haliburton
Publication Number: OFR5678 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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