Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Arnstein Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gneiss
Township or Area: East Mills
Latitude: 45° 52' 50.09" Longitude: -79° 53' 38.59"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 585819.999 Northing: 5081374.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E13NW
Point Location Description: precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the village of Arnstein, proceed east on highway 522 for ~800m. Turn south on Legrou Lake Road and proceed 3.8km. Quarry is 300m southeast of Legrou Lake road along a one lane quarry access road.
1987-89: wayside quarry in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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Jan 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The quarry contains a variety of rock types including anorthosite, amphibolite, tonalite, quartzite, granite and marble. These occur in folded layers of straight gneiss. The property has some potential for flagstone development.
Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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