Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Lot 15 Concession14 Quarry - 1977 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gneiss
Township or Area: Franklin
Latitude: 45° 21' 26.66" Longitude: -79° 3' .96"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 652710.001 Northing: 5024504.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E06SE
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 650m east on highway 60 past hillside to a gravel rd. Proceed 150m northeast to quarry
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
|---|
Jan 03, 2012 (A Wilson) - The quarry has 1 face 24.4m long and 4.6m high. As of 1977 about 2500 tons had been removed from an abandoned meta-arkose quarry. The pink and grey banded rock has poor vertical breakage due to variable orientation of vertical fracture planes; horizontal breakage is good. The deposit lies 230 m north of Highway 60
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2267 | OFR5425 p. 104 |
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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