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| Record Name(s) | Crystallite - 1986, Crystallite Stone Products - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 2' 24.33" Longitude: -77° 51' 53.33"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 274366.415 Northing: 4991397.344 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Circular symbol ' Dol ' S of Bancroft and closest to Banner Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1923-c1938 : Crystallite Stone Products Ltd opened a quarry on the Carfrae farm. 2,400 tons were shipped in 1928. The open cut is about 150 ft long with a 30 ft face (a similar cut was worked out earlier). 3 other small quarries have been operated on the property. Possibly, one of these is the Graebel Road Quarry (MDI31F04SW00200).
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Dolomite occurs in a 20 ft bed with amphibolite on the footwall and impure marble on the hanging wall. Only paper-white dolomite was quarried, stone with a faint bluish or pink tint being discarded. A 2 inch vein of scapolite cuts the hanging wall. The dolomite was used for stucco dash.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
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: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships
Publication Number: ARV66-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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:
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