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| Record Name(s) | Arnprior Quarry - 1874, B. MacDonald and Son - 1890, Old Arnprior Quarry - 1983, Eckford Quarry - 1904, Goudge Sample 146 - 1938 |
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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-May-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: McNab
Latitude: 45° 26' 31.92" Longitude: -76° 20' 31.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 395049.999 Northing: 5032950.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: By Hwy 17 and east bank of the Madawaska River.
1874-1878: Farquharson, McLaughlin and Hartney ran the mill for 4 years. 1878-1890: the marble was used for monumental purposes, and to a small extent for ornamental purposes such as table tops and mantel pieces. It has been used for a number of public buildings among others in the House of Commons at Ottawa (RCM 1890).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Host |
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Sep 26, 2011 (B Wilson) - The marble is described as being blue-grey in colour. The marble beds strike northeast and dip southeast at 30°. In the 1890's this stone was marketed as Ottawa Valley marble.
Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by G.E. Goudge analysed: 4.40% SiO2, 0.56% Fe2O3, 0.32% Al2O3, 0.04% Ca3(PO4)2, 89.32% CaCO3 and 5.25% Mg CO3.
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 334-335 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 177 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 70-71 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 193 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 76, 82 Date: 1998
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Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863
Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 815, 823 Date: 1863
Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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