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| Record Name(s) | Ritchie Cut-Stone Company Ltd. - 1941 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Dec-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gabbro
Township or Area: Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 53' 14.33" Longitude: -78° 23' 8.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 706462 Northing: 4973758 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: SEĽ S˝ lot 23, con 4.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarry is small and situated beside the Highway 507, between a trailer home and a new house.
1941 : the Ritchie Cut-Stone Co opened up the quarry for test shipments. A mill block lies in the quarry, and despite the fact that it was drilled at closely- spaced intervals, it has broken irregularly. This limited the commercial possibilities in 1941, perhaps it could be quarried successfully (with a wire saw) today.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Jan 23, 2017 (A Wilson) - The quarry operations show that the rock breaks with a very irregular fracture. A well-defined jointing is absent. A mill block lying in the quarry, despite the fact it was drilled at closely spaced intervals, had broken irregularly. The rock took a very good polish and would make a good decorative stone if it could be quarried in suitable sizes.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 86 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County
Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 200 Date: 1997
Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 118 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Gooderham Area
Publication Number: P3405 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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