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Record: MDI31F10NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bedford Quarry - 1904
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jun-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-17
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Ross

Latitude: 45° 37' 52.97"    Longitude: -76° 49' 16.75"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 358038   Northing: 5054706    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F10NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 4.5 km east of Cobden.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 11, 2013 (A Wilson) - A chemical analysis of stone from the Bedford Quarry returned 31.11% CaO and 21.24% MgO.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble

Publication Number: MDC021 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

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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