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Record: MDI41G15SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Foxey Quarry (Tsambis, Hercules) - 1992, Canadian Colour Rock Inc. - 2013, Hercules Ornamental Stone - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1992-Mar-18
Date Last Modified 2025-Mar-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Gordon

Latitude: 45° 51' 43.83"    Longitude: -82° 30' 56.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 382339.612   Northing: 5079851.51    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41G15SE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On Noble Sideroad approx. 1.5 km south of the hamlet of Foxey.



Exploration History

Quarry of Hercules stone used on shoreline of Science North, Sudbury Ontario.


Geology

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 12, 2025 (Shirley Peloquin) - Quarry in production before 1985 (OGS map P2668). Listed on Ontario Pits and Quarries Online: Class B Licence <=20,000 tonnes.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 182  Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Location: MNR


Folio - Gordon Township, District of Manitoulin

Publication Number: GDIF098 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Silver Water area, District of Manitoulin

Publication Number: P2668 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1997

Author: Johnson M.D., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files memo re: I.M., 89-02-14

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name:

Location:


Book - Resident Geologist personal communication, 91-03-14

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name:

Location:


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