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| Record Name(s) | Pickerel River - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| 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: Key Harbour Area
Latitude: 46° 0' 25.47" Longitude: -80° 34' 15.79"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 533210 Northing: 5094923 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H15NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the village of Key River, proceed north on Hwy 69 for ~ 12.5km to the bridge crossing Pickerel River. At the north end of the bridge, turn west on the gravel road and proceed 150m to the quarry.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Orthogneiss | 1 | Monzonite | Host |
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Apr 22, 2009 (A Wilson) - The stone is a massive, reddish-coloured monzonitic orthogneiss. The stone appears to have been used to construct a local church on the east side of the highway 69. Approximately 200 m south of the river, the stone has a more planar fabric, with porphyroclasts of feldspar.
Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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