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MDI31F01NW00006
| Record Name(s) | Tatlock Quarry - 2000, OMYA Canada Inc - 1990, Barnes-Steep Rock - 2000, Barnes (Angelstone) Quarry - 2000, Steep Rock Resources - 2000, Angelstone - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1985-Sep-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone), Marble (Structural Material), Calcite
Township or Area: Darling
Latitude: 45° 8' 58.88" Longitude: -76° 29' 55.52"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 382183.221 Northing: 5000671.859 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01NW
Point Location Description: Square symbol ' Ma 11 ' SW of Tatlock and N of Murrays Hill.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Hwy 7 at Perth take the road to Lanark. At Lanark and the junction to Carleton Place (8.7 ml) continue straight. At the 30.9 ml junction turn right onto a gravel road to Tatlock. The quarry is at 31.85 ml on the left.
1962-1971: Angelstone Ltd producing ' Temple White ' dimension stone from 2 quarries on lots 4 and 5. Omega Marble Tile and Terrazzo Ltd in production on lot 6. 1977: W. R. Barnes reopened the quarry on lot 4 and produced decorative stone chips and calcium carbonate filler. 1981: Perth processing plant and quarry were purchased by Steep Rock Resources Inc. (a subsidiary of Pluess-Staufer A.G.) 1984: Diamond drilling was done by Steep Rock Resources Inc. at Lot 5, Con. 4, see assessment file #19, Darling Twp. 1990-present: OMYA Canada - in production. The quarry has been operated on a seasonal basis , producing 250,000 tonnes per year for year round operations of the mill (1992).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| W8409.00014 / 84-14 / Darling #19 | 31F01NW9637 | 31F01NW9637 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The quarry lies in the W part of a 17.7 km wide marble belt with minor paragneiss and metavolcanics. The quarried rock is white, coarse-grained (2.8 mm) calcitic marble; one of the purest and brightest (>95 %) of its kind. The units being quarried occur in an 85 m wide zone which contains reserves for over 50 years (1992).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Is |
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Aug 02, 2022 (C Papertzian) - Samples taken by the OGS from a marble belt which runs northeasterly through NE Darling and Lanark townships. Within the marble belt are several intrusives and metadedimentary units. In the area of sample # 1704 the marble also occurs as pods and bands within amphibolite units. The marble is mostly grey with minor impurities. 2 channel samples were also taken from this area. In the area of sample # 1716 the belt is made up of interbedded amphibolite and marble with discontinuous units of schist and paragneiss. The marble is predominantly light grey with minor impurities. The colour of the marble and the presence of other units reduces the potential for use as filler.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tremolite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 2 | Decorative Aggregate |
| 1 | Industrial |
| 3 | Metamorphic |
Date: Mar 16, 2004
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: This quarry was visited on July 25th, 2003. Omya continues to mine this deposit to feed their plant in Perth. The quarry is being expanded once again. Annual production in 2000 was 250,000 tons and quarry reserves currently stand at over 5 million tons. In 2000, a 5-year expansion program was completed at both the quarry and the plant in Perth. Calcitic marble is mined to produce high-purity, fine-grind calcite for fillers, with terrazzo chips and landscaping stone as secondary products.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| OMYA Tatlock Quarry | 2000 | Proven | 5000000 | OFR6052, p.3 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 2000 | 250000 | OFR6052, p.3 | the quarry annually produces approximately 250,000 ton of material |
Mono - Geochemistry of Grenville marble in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC028 Page: 116, 118-119 Date: 1989
Author: Grant W.T., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 64 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 55-57,108 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Steep Rock Calcite - a division of Steep Rock Resources Inc.
Publication Number: MP114.007 Page: 46-48 Date: 1997
Author: Wood G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 54 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 374-375 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 78 Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
File - Assessment File: 31F01NW9637 - 1984, Darling #19
Publication Number: Date: 2001
Author: Steep Rock Resources Inc.
Publisher Name:
Location: Southern Ontario RGP
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