Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Blakeney - 1886 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Nov-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone), Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Ramsay
Latitude: 45° 15' 15.29" Longitude: -76° 14' 37.41"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402409.93 Northing: 5011947.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08SE
Point Location Description: 250 m west of Indian Mississippi River. jct., on north side of Indian R., 1.3 km south of Blakeney.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Pre 1888 (?) - 1938 (?): Stone from this quarry was used in the manufacture of lime and small quantities have been employed in Pakenham and Almonte for foundations and facings of buildings. (AR 13-2, p71).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Calcite Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chondrodite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Mica | Economic | Ore |
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 88 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 190 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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