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Record: MDI31E11NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Strong 02 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Apr-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Strong

Latitude: 45° 41' 8.43"    Longitude: -79° 25' 16.24"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 622942.003   Northing: 5060336.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E11NW

Point Location Description: precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

pre-1991 Approximately 75,000 tons of stone have been removed from the quarry


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Jan 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - The quarry is approximately 60 to 80 m wide, 70 m deep and 3 to 8 m height. The stone is a pelitic gneiss. It is predominately grey with a bluish tinge and is composed of microcline, plagioclase, quartz, biotite and garnet.




Mineralization Comments

Jan 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - The garnet content ranges from 2 to 20%. Locally there are bands of rusty weathering quartz-feldspar-garnet gneiss containing up to 1% graphite.



Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 75000 MDI unconfirmed

References

Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Marmont C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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