Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Haley Station - 1920, Wright Quarry - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1986-May-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 33' 29.66" Longitude: -76° 45' 12.34"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 363152 Northing: 5046462 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SW
Point Location Description: approximate location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The workings are in a cleared field between Hwy 17 Renfrew bypass (on the east) and the road between concessions III and IV (at this point the road is in concession III).
pre-1944: development of 5 pits
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Is |
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May 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is described as fractured and slickensided siliceous crystalline dolomite. The stone contains radiating masses of white tremolite. Interbeds of silicified dolomite are frequent. the marble is jointed and the joints strike N and dip 70E with numerous cross fractures.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone was shipped to Toronto for terrazzo. Sample (MQ2-1) assayed 0.83% SiO2, 0.1% Al2O3, 0.2% Fe2O3, 20.8% MgO, 32.0% CaO with a brightness of 83.4%
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: 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 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 - 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:
Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Summary of metallogeny, Renfrew County area
Publication Number: R212 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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