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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31D16SW00024

Record: MDI31D16SW00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hadley Granite Quarry - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By Nazha Sabiri

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 50' 13.54"    Longitude: -78° 22' 38.93"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 707280   Northing: 4968200    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SW

Point Location Description: Property number ' 57 ', 4.5 km east of Salmon Lake.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From the junction of Hwys 36 and 507 travel north on Hwy 507 for 29 km and the quarry is 200 ft west of the highway. It is situated 11-14 km south of the village of Gooderham.



Exploration History

The quarry has produced only a small quantity of building stone for local use.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
17 31D16SW8559 31D16SW8559

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - The granite is a uniform, medium-grained, grey weathering rose pink biotite granite which contains rare pegmatitic patches and quartz lenses. The outcrop is about 10.7 m long by 3.7 m face height.




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


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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