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| Record Name(s) | Graf Quarry - 2010, Barker - 1986, Pink Marble Property - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1986-Jul-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 1' 36.85" Longitude: -77° 49' 19.15"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 277688.35 Northing: 4989813.46 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Precise; location of the active quarry face
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: The Graf Quarry property is located approximately 5.6 km southeast of Bancroft, in the central eastern part of Faraday Township. The mining claim covers lots 41 and 42 West of Hastings Road and is situated along Spurr Lake Drive on the northeast side of L�Amabel Lake approximately 400 m west of Highway 62.
The Barker Marble Quarry produced calcitic and dolomitic marble intermittently and under different owners, from 1908 to the late 1930s (Kingston and Papertzian 1995). 1984: V. Di Girolamo carried out stripping. In 1994, Senator Stone Supply Ltd. drilled 4 holes (totaling 104 m) at 2 sites on the former Barker Marble Quarry property (Gallo 1994). The results of the drilling prompted Senator Stone to open a 10 m long by 3.5 m high test quarry that was then enlarged to 30 m by 24 m. Several 8 to 10 ton blocks were extracted and shipped to Italy, Japan and the United States for finishing and display (Gallo 1994). The stone was displayed and marketed under the trade name “Temagami Pink” (Gallo 1994). In 2002, Senator Stone brought the quarry to mining lease (Sangster et al. 2004). In 2014, test quarrying in the Graf Quarry, was conducted by Mr. Graf to expose a new face of a mottled pink brecciated marble. The quarry still holds an active license with intermittent small-scale quarrying occurring on the site.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8667 | 31F04SW9520 | 31F04SW9520 |
| om94-055 | 31E01SW2003 | 31E01SW2003 |
| 2.15594 | 31F04SW0004 | 31F04SW0004 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Amphibolite
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Light to dark pink marble | Fine to coarse grained | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolomite Marble | 2 | Blue grey, brown white to cream | Fine grained | Is |
Nov 02, 2022 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - The marbles produced from this quarry ranged in colour: pink, red, green, buff, brown, grey-green breccia, grey-black banded and chocolate brown veined. The colours were found intermixed in brecciated, veined, banded or massive marbles (Kingston and Papertzian 1995).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| 2 | Metamorphic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Breccia |
| 2 | Vein |
Article - Report of Activities 2020, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts
Publication Number: OFR6376.01 Page: 42-44 Date: 2021
Author: Mancini L.A., Meek R.D., Sabiri N., LeBaron P.S., Rodriguez Miguel L.M., Hinz S.L.K., Patterson C., Dorland G.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 382 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, marbles of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1980 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5706 Page: 480-484 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 62, 112 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Page: 55-56 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 107-110 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Article - New Dimension-Stone Quarry Developments in Eastern Ontario
Publication Number: MP163.014 Page: 63-65 Date: 1994
Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1993, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5892 Page: 350 Date: 1994
Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Mason J.K., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships
Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 50 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1994, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5921 Page: 259 Date: 1995
Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 335-336 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2003, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6132 Page: 4 Date: 2004
Author: Sangster P.J., Farrow D.G., Papertzian V.C., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Hemmings D., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 23-25 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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