Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31F04SW00134
| Record Name(s) | Ventures - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Dungannon
Latitude: 45° 2' 30.74" Longitude: -77° 47' 2.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 280726.49 Northing: 4991373.406 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.1 km W of Bronson Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: An E-W ridge of marble crosses lots 22-24. It has and exposed width of 500 ft and extends for about 1/2 ml across these lots.
1942 : drilled (2 holes) by The American Nepheline Corp and The Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Ventures Ltd is also said to have drilled this marble - ' a substantial tonnage ' was indicated (OGS 1955) - these companies appear to have worked very closely at this time.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A calcitic (high calcium) marble, generally clean but with occassional graphite, phlogopite, pyrite and silicates as impurities. Diorite and pegmatite also cut the marble.
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 Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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