Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Spruce Lake Quarry - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material), Aggregate
Township or Area: Mayo
Latitude: 45° 0' 14.14" Longitude: -77° 38' 3.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 292384.999 Northing: 4986762.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: SW corner of lot 1 concession 2 of Mayo Tp., WNW of Spruce Lake.
1938: T. Morrison - quarry opens, marble quarried for terrazzo
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Is |
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Oct 18, 2011 (A Wilson) - A white and green-coloured marble was quarried here for terrazzo. A cream coloured, coarse-grained marble also was exposed at the site but was not quarried.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Decorative Aggregate |
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area
Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1998
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Dungannon and Mayo townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1955-08 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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