Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI31F02NE00013
| Record Name(s) | Marble Bluff - 1986, Angelstone-Marble Bluff - 2000 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Darling
Latitude: 45° 9' 23.49" Longitude: -76° 31' 6.01"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 380658.206 Northing: 5001459.852 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F02NE
Point Location Description: Triangle symbol ' PM 127, 128 ' on E side of Hwy 511 on Stewarts Hill.
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: On the E side of Hwy 511.
Opened in the early 1900s (1909-10) by the North Lanark Granite and Marble Quarries Ltd. on a 500 ft wide marble unit. The original cut in green, serpentinized marble measured 30 x 80 ft and 12-15 ft deep but was destroyed by road construction in 1984-5. 5,000 cu ft of dimension stone blocks (3 x 3 x 6 ft) were hauled to the Clyde Forks railway station and some blocks are said to remain there (1956). 1962 : Angelstone purchased the property and in 1962-3 quarried a few blocks of serpentine marble for sampling and testing. It was given the name ' Lanark Green '. 1976 : the OGS sampled the marble : # PM 127, 128 and L5.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - This is a serpentine marble; medium-grained white or lavender calcite clouded by green or buff serpentine (1912). It was described as silicic and dolomitic in 1976 and 2 samples were taken from the quarry ( PM 127, PM 128) and 1 (L5) from a short distance to the S.
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 336-338 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 115 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 69-70 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: 62,103,107,111,128 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
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:
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Page: 211-5 Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Darling area, Lanark and Renfrew counties
Publication Number: OFR5693 Page: 180 Date: 1988
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: DR02.0 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Darling Township and part of Lavant Township
Publication Number: ARV65-07.002 Page: 60 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Southern Ontario Resident Geologist District Office