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Record: MDI31E06SE00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Port Cunnington West Quarry - 1967
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone



Location

Township or Area: Franklin

Latitude: 45° 15' 48.85"    Longitude: -79° 0' 59.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 655610.004   Northing: 5014143.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E06SE

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Follow southwest on road 22 from highway 35 toward Port Cunnington to Elder Drive Road. Follow road east for 1.2km. Turn north for 100m. Quarry is on west side.



Exploration History

Circa 1967 - material quarried for gravel, there are no records of production


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Is

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area

Publication Number: R052 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


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