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Record: MDI31E14SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McBride Quarry - 1989, Buchanan Quarry - 1922
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Apr-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Strong

Latitude: 45° 46' 56.78"    Longitude: -79° 22' 51.73"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 625850.001   Northing: 5071149.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E14SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From highway 11 drive northwest on Tower Road at north end of Sundridge for 300m. Turn east on Concession 10/11 road for 150m then 150m to end of road. Quarries are located along the ridge northwest of the stables.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - The stone is massive and porphyritic in texture. It has a pronounced lineation defined by black, rod-shaped clusters of biotite-quartz ranging from 0.5 to 1 cm in diameter and up to 10 cm long.




Mineralization Comments

Jan 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - Stone from this quarry was used to quarry cobbles for the Yonge Street streetcar tracks.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone

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


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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