Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Foxey Quarry (Tsambis, Hercules) - 1992, Canadian Colour Rock Inc. - 2013, Hercules Ornamental Stone - 1989 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2025-Mar-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
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.
Quarry of Hercules stone used on shoreline of Science North, Sudbury Ontario.
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
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.
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
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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
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