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| Record Name(s) | El Tigre Stone - 1992, Milford Bay - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gneiss
Township or Area: Monck
Latitude: 45° 6' 30.93" Longitude: -79° 29' 25.97"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 618743.002 Northing: 4996122.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E03SW
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is by highway 11 S., northeast on Hewlitt Road, right on Falkenburg Road, south to mining claims at the intersection of Lot 25 and 26 Con.1 , Watt Twp. for 200 meters.
1992-93: Manex Granit Ltd. - testing, sampling,
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.15483 | 31E03SW0001 | 31E03SW0001 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Monzodiorite | Is |
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Apr 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The roadside outcrop displays well defined gneissic banding displaying hornblende-biotite aggregates dispersed throughout a feldspar-quartz-garnet groundmass. The layering is irregular and contorted in detail. Garnet-rich clots or inclusions up to 20 cm in length were observed in some of the cut tiles. The joint spacing is greater than 5 m. Manex described the rock as “The orange and black syenite gneiss is present on the west side of the property covering 85% of the surface. It is unfractured with scarce widely spaced vertical joints 20 to 40 meters apart and horizontal jointing 2 to 5 meters apart. Overburden is almost non- existent inches here and there, nearly 100% outcrop on the 85% westerly section. The easterly 15% is a deciduous forested area with overburden and the rock type is a migmatic gneiss”
Apr 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The tests of 1992 were done by Canital Exploration and have shown the material suitable at 0.5 to1, 5 meters below the surface, the stone does take and hold a finish (polished, flamed and sand blasted) and does hold together well during cutting and finishing. The stone is also of a uniform brick orange and black colour and the gneissic texture is of a very uniform banding, the stone seems suitable for construction and possibly monument, the required large volumes are also available. A bulk sample to permit the marketing of tiles, slabs and blocks was under taken in 1993. The stone is continuing it's marketing under the name "EI Tigre" and was introduced to producers internationally. Interest in the colour and the volume was quite good but concerns have to be put to rest on the uniformity and quarriability of this stone, problems of weathering on the surface stone have been observed as deep as 1 to 1,5 meters near the contact of the body but average in the 0,75 to 1 meter range overall. The stone shows potential in construction, monument and landscaping markets and is being introduced to potential clients such as producers and architects.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 130-132 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bracebridge Area
Publication Number: P3411 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone inventory of the Sudbury Resident Geologist's area
Publication Number: OFR5721 Date: 1989
Author: Lacey J.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5760 Page: 59-60 Date: 1991
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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