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| Record Name(s) | Dominion Magnesium Ltd. - 1944, R. McGinn Property - 1901 |
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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 | 2024-Aug-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone), Marble (Structural Material)
Secondary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 36' 38.51" Longitude: -76° 44' 36.58"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 364054 Northing: 5052272.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SE
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Cross fence and field southwest of Queens Line at a point 2.6km southeast of Acres Road.
1901-1907: R. McGinn – in production; marble mill in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Dolomitic | Is |
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May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone consists of a belt several hundred feet wide, striking from 7-20º east of north and dipping east at 60º. There is little or no bedding apparent in the rock, but joints range from 5 to 10 feet apart. The rock is coarse-grained, white crystalline dolomitic marble. The belt is flanked on either side by impure dolomite containing much colourless quartz and also masses of amphibolite. The stone is white, even in grain and free of impurities. The stone was used for construction of buildings at Pembroke, Sault Ste. Marie and the Catholic church at Douglas.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Tremolite is common along the joint planes of the unit. The stone was quarried as dimension stone and for agricultural lime. A grab sample collected by Goudge (sample 126) assayed 0.36% SiO2, 0.29% Fe2O3, 0.27% Al2O3, 0.04 Ca3(PO4)2, 55.4 CaCO3 and 43.9% MgCO3. The stone was quarried for use as marble and for making lime.
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 3, marble
Publication Number: IMR016 Page: 76-78 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 198 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 107-108 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 168, 178 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 312-314 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble
Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 62, 69-70, 112 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
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:
Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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