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Record Name(s) | MTC Pit Number 39 - 1977 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gneiss
Township or Area: Carling
Latitude: 45° 27' 53.24" Longitude: -80° 9' 57.06"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 565210 Northing: 5034923 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H08NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive north for 5.5km from the intersection of hwy 69 with hwy 559 to the short gravel road heading west southwest.
1977-81: Ministry of Transportation – in production
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Terrane: Algonquin
Domain: Britt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 888±8 Ma Geochron. Age Ref.: P3350
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Tonalite Gneiss | Is |
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Date: Nov 25, 2004
Geologist: M Gaudreau
Notes: Rock is tonalite gneiss, quarry is 12' x 16' deep with 20' faces. Approximately 25,000 tons of broken rock in quarry would require secondary blasting before crushing, or may be used as ballast.
Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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1983 | 150000 | OFR 5425 p. 102-103; | AMIS site visit report, production between 1977 and 1981; approximately 25,000 tons remain |
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area
Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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