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| Record Name(s) | Albert Biederman Quarry - 1938, Golden Lake Quarry - 1938, Goudge Sample 118 - 1938, Germanicus Quarry - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material), Marble (high purity/flux)
Township or Area: Wilberforce
Latitude: 45° 37' 40.45" Longitude: -77° 9' 55.74"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 331202 Northing: 5054987 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F11NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: NW of Lake Dore and just east of Black Creek.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Is |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
May 16, 2013 (A Wilson) - The quarry was developed in a deposit of medium- to coarse-grained calcium limestone. The limestone is greyish white in colour and contains flakes of graphite and yellow mica as well as crystals of tourmaline. The quarry was 225 ft long, 45 ft wide and had a vertical face of 25 ft. A number of narrow contorted and broken bands of biotite paragneiss are found within the limestone. Stone was moved from the mouth of the quarry to the top of the kiln. The lime plant consisted of a single draw stone kiln
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 16, 2013 (A Wilson) - The limestone was used for making lime. The lime was used for building purposes. The quarry ceased operations around 1943. A grab sample collected by Goudge (sample 118) assayed 2.46% SiO2, 0.33% Fe2O3, 0.21% Al2O3, 0.04 Ca3(PO4)2, 89.80 CaCO3 and 6.80% MgCO3.
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: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario;Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Scale: Date: 1970
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
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 - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
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:
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