Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Harris Township Quarry - 1963 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone), Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Harris
Latitude: 47° 30' 10.41" Longitude: -79° 35' 1.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 606656 Northing: 5262022.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M05NW, 31M12SE
Point Location Description: Quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From New Liskeard, drive the shore road of Wabi Bay for about 6km. There is a road to the left. Drive to dead end post.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The stone is described as thickly-bedded, having a crystalline texture and containing only a few fossil fragments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Approximately 20,000 tones of dolostone are estimated as being removed from the three small quarry sites. Samples collected from the site by Grant and Owsiacki returned average values of CaO - 29.4%, MgO - 20.45% and SiO2 - 1.65%.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
Map - Geological series, an evaluation of the Lake Timiskaming Paleozoic outlier, for potentially exploitable limestone and dolostone deposits, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P3101 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grant W.T., Owsiacki L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Casey and Harris townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2066 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
MonoMap - Geology of Casey and Harris townships, District of Temiskaming
Publication Number: R036 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Harris Township
Publication Number: GDIF462 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Cobalt RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - An evaluation of the Lake Timiskaming Paleozoic outlier for potentially exploitable limestone and dolostone deposits
Publication Number: OFR5661 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Grant W.T., Owsiacki L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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