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Record: MDI31D15NE00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fleming - 1991, Highland Granite - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Minden

Latitude: 44° 58' 8.33"    Longitude: -78° 43' 26.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 679468.216   Northing: 4982024.238    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 4.7 km north of Minden.



Exploration History

Random flagstone and veneer stone has been produced. An opening 30 feet long has a 4-foot face. (IMR 19, p25).




Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Pink granite gneiss with black amphibolite and paragneiss bands.




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:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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