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Record: MDI31F01NE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lanark County - 1922, Ashton Station - 1922
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-03
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite, Aggregate



Location

Township or Area: Beckwith

Latitude: 45° 8' 4.39"    Longitude: -76° 2' 21.58"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 418277   Northing: 4998423    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: Point 1.5 km southwest of Ashton.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Exploration History

Circa 1922: quarry opened to supply road metal


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Sharbot Lake

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Is

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: BW05.0  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)

Publication Number: Page: 188  Date: 1944

Author: Satterly, J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines

Location: Tweed RGP


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 71  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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