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Record: MDI31D15SW00031

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Saikonnen - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Lutterworth

Latitude: 44° 48' 47.66"    Longitude: -78° 49' 1.17"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 672612.825   Northing: 4964522.081    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is located on the south side of the Black Lake road, 1.6 km west of Highway 35.



Exploration History

1963: Kalle Saikonnen operated the quarry for flagstone. Approximately 130 tons of flagstone was removed.




Lithology

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


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Digby-Lutterworth area, Haliburton and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5601 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Gneisses of the Parry Sound-Muskoka area: flagstone resources

Publication Number: OFR5725 Scale:     Date: 1989

Author: Fouts C.R., Marmont C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian geology, Digby-Lutterworth area

Publication Number: R269 Scale:     Date: 1990

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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