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| Record Name(s) | Fourth Chute Quarry - 1944, Kneichel Quarry - 1938, Bonnechere Quarry - 1981, Shane Lime and Charcoal Company Ltd. - 1933 |
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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-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux), Aggregate
Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Grattan
Latitude: 45° 30' .09" Longitude: -77° 0' 35.48"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 342976.997 Northing: 5040463.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Quarries located 0.4 ml SW of Fourth Chute, on the CNR, on the S side of the Bonnechere River. From Eganville at the junction of Hwy 41, turn left onto Hwy 41 and drive 0.4 ml to a junction. Proceed straight ahead onto a gravel road. At 5.6 ml turn right onto the quarry road.
pre-1938: originally opened for lime, and later used for sulphite pulp (for paper). 1933-44: (lot 9) acquired by Shane Lime and Charcoal Co and about 200 ft square and 9 ft deep at this time. This quarry was abandoned and in 1943 2 lime kilns divided it into 2 - the E quarry was 75 x 150 ft, exposing 7-9 ft; the W quarry was 325 x 190 ft, exposing 6-7 ft. 1960: Bonnechere Lime Co. Ltd. - (lot 8) quarry produced lime mainly for uranium mills in Bancroft. It was about 270 x 120 m and 3-5 m deep. 1971: quarry owned by S.G. Nelson. 1981: the quarry was owned by M.E. Tracey. 1989: Bromley Township - quarry (lot 8) was reopened on a demand basis for aggregate (used by the surrounding townships). A lower lift has been excavated into the quarry floor.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Fossiliferous | Is |
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Jun 09, 2011 (C Papertzian) - The 8.5 m deep quarry exposes Bobcaygeon Formation limestones, possibly the lower member (due to the presence of black chert nodules). Overburden is about 1 m. Fossils include corals, gastropods, crinoids. White crystalline calcite, which fluoresces yellow, also occurs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - Grab sample No 120 collected by M. Goudge in 1925 from 9 feet of the Trenton limestone returned 1.96% SiO2, 0.23% Fe2O3, 0.23% Al2O3, 0.07% Ca2(PO4)2, 94.71% CaCO3, 2.57% Mg CO3. Grab sample No. 120A, collected by M. Goudge in 1935 from the working face of the quarry returned: 2.62% SiO2, 0.22% Fe2O3, 0.56% Al2O3, 0.04% Ca2(PO4)2, 93.66% CaCO3, 2.43% Mg CO3. White crystalline calcite that fluoresces yellow occurs in the rock. Corals, gastropods, crinoids are also found here.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
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:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County
Publication Number: R209 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County
Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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