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| Record Name(s) | Killarney Quarry - 1971, Willmott and Company Quarry - 1915 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica
Township or Area: Killarney Ridge Area
Latitude: 45° 58' 23.93" Longitude: -81° 35' 38.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 453983.002 Northing: 5091254.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H13NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1911-16: Willmont and Company - intermittent operation. 1917-1922: Electro Metals Limited - intermittent operation. 1923-1952: Dominion Mines and Quarries Limited - intermittent production. 1953-1959: Electro Metallurgical Company - production. 1959-66: Union Carbide Canada Limited - production. 1968-71: Indusmin Limited - production
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Orthosandstone | 1 | Orthoquartzite | Host |
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Feb 24, 2009 (A Wilson) - The quarry is located din steeply dipping, fine-grained orthoquartzite of the upper part of the Lorrain Formation. The orthoquartzite is intruded by several mafic dikes up to 7.6 m wide which trend northeast. Micaceous shear zones, hematite staining and minor amounts of the refractory mineral kyanite are present locally.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2009 (A Wilson) - The silica content of the quartzite ranges from 97.67% to 98.86% SiO2.
Map - Badgeley Point, Manitoulin District
Publication Number: M2318 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV24-01.003 Page: 104-105 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 11-13 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the McGregor Bay-Bay of Islands area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
Publication Number: R138 Page: 53-54 Date: 1976
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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