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Record: MDI31E04SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Highway 169 Pit - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Medora

Latitude: 45° 6' 36"    Longitude: -79° 41' 12.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 603304.001   Northing: 4996009.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E04SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Quarry is located southwest of highway 169, 2.6km southeast of Still Falls.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Granodioritic To Trondhjemitic Is

Lithology Comments

Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - The abandoned quarry lies in biotite gneiss and is 91 m by 61 m by 9 m high. Although 112,500 tons have been removed for rip rap and crushed stone, a high biotite content renders the rock unsuitable for crushed aggregate.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 102058 OFR5425

References

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

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Location:


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