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Record: MDI31E04NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Humphrey Quarry - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Feb-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Humphrey

Latitude: 45° 13' 19.16"    Longitude: -79° 42' 48.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 601007   Northing: 5008416    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E04NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: 3.5km west of highway 632 on Mirror Lake/Stanley House sideroad. Quarry is 100m north of side road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Mar 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - This observed feature is a quarry with a face height of 10m. The cross section dimensions are 50 by 100m north of side road. Crushed rock was produced for road construction.




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology, Lake Joseph Area

Publication Number: P3412 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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