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MDI41I04SE00014
| Record Name(s) | Lawson Quarry - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Quartzite, Silica
Township or Area: Whitefish Falls Area
Latitude: 46° 7' 22.87" Longitude: -81° 43' 36.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 443840.966 Northing: 5107972.773 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I04SE
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Start At Hwy's 6 & 17, On Hwy 6 Drive 21.4km South Through Espanola; Turn East, Park And Follow Quarry Access Road; Walk 0.7km East Into Main Quarry.
1942: International Nickel Company opened a quarry for silica flux, which was then shipped to Sudbury for their smelting operations. 1968: Last year of available production information. 2000: Re-permitted and production resumed.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Proterozoic
Nov 09, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - The rock quarried is the uppermost 'cherty sandstone' member of the Lorrain Formation. The quarry is located immediately south of the axis of the La Cloche Syncline and the rock is highly sheared at this locality and breaks easily into small fragments. The quartzite is a white, fine-grained, hard, almost cherty rock. A sheared diabase dike about 20 feet wide cuts the west face of the second quarry bench.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Cherty sandstone | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 363713 |
Quartzite |
Map - Mongowin and Curtin townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2312 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Sudbury-Manitoulin area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
Publication Number: R166 Scale: Date: 1978
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Annual report on mining operations in Ontario during calendar year 1968
Publication Number: ARV78 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R131 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Curtin Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF153 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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