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| Record Name(s) | Renfrew East Quarry - 1912, J.A. Jamieson - 1920, Canadian Granite Company Ltd. - 1890 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone), Marble (high purity/flux)
Township or Area: Horton
Latitude: 45° 28' 10.17" Longitude: -76° 39' 30.69"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 370354.997 Northing: 5036445.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: St symbol east of Renfrew town near Hwy 17, lot 9 conc. 2.
Location Method: Data Compilation
1890: Canadian Granite Company Limited - quarrying for building and monumental stone 1915: Jamieson Lime Company - 2 quarries in operation for lime. 1922: Quarry operated for the making of lime, and formerly for building stone and monumental purposes.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Is |
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Aug 31, 2011 (A Wilson) - Two quarries are found in roughly the same location. One quarry faces northwest and is 120 by 60 feet with a 6-7 foot face and the other faces northeast. This quarry is 50 by 60 feet and had a 6 foot face. The marbles are described as grey banded, coarse-grained and crystalline.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| Graphite | Alteration | Graphitic | 1 |
Aug 31, 2011 (A Wilson) - The stone from the eastern quarry was originally used as polished stone for monuments, lintels, coping, window sills etc. By 1915 the stone was being used for lime. Approximately 30 tpd lime was produced daily. Very fine graphite crystals are irregularly distributed throughout the stone and may run fine lines through the stone.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 328-330 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Book - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 52 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV30-01.003 Page: 149-50 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 103-104 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 62 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 84 Date: 1998
Author:
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Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Page: 143 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
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:
Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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