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Record: MDI41I09NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) River Valley Stone Manfacturing Pit - 1992
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1992-Mar-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gabbro



Location

Township or Area: McWilliams

Latitude: 46° 38' 18.92"    Longitude: -80° 5' 29.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 569529.756   Northing: 5165403.747    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I09NE

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PRODUCTION: THIS QUARRY SUPPLIED FINE GRAINED OLIVINE GABBRO FOR CURLING STONES, PRODUCTION: OPERATED BY CLAUDE LARCHER AND HECTOR GIROUX FROM 1947-1975.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PlagioclaseEconomicOre
2OlivineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Industrial minerals of the Sudbury area

Publication Number: OFR5329 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Vos M.A., Smith B.A., Stevenato R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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