Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Marble Prospect - 1883 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 34' 26.39" Longitude: -76° 45' 33.81"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 362725 Northing: 5048223 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 1.9 km NE of Haley Station.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Is |
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May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is comparable to that found at the Ferguson Quarry.
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - The limestone/marble was considered to be susceptible to take a high polish. A band of tremolitic dolomite also is found interbedded with the limestone. In many places long translucent rhomboidal columns and interlacing blades of tremolite have been observed. The rhomboids are up to 1 foot long and 1 inch across. Small specks of apatite also have been observed in the area.
Publication - Observations in 1883 on some mines and minerals in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, p. 15L; In: Reports and Maps of Investigations and Surveys 1882-83-84, Geological Survey of Canada Separate Report 167
Publication Number: Sep Rept 167 Date: 1883
Author: Willimott, C.W.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/224678
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