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Record: MDI41J05SW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ontario Traprock Quarry - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jun-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Trap Rock



Location

Township or Area: Plummer Additional

Latitude: 46° 18' 24.07"    Longitude: -83° 44' 59.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 288249.003   Northing: 5131799.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05SW

Point Location Description: Quarry

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Highway 17 east of Bruce Mines 1km. Enter mine site at "Ontario Traprock" sign



Exploration History

1991-1995: Ontario Trap Rock - stripping, testing, mapping. 1994: Property acquired by R. W. Tomlinson Ltd., in production


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
SSMP_Plummer-05 41J05SE0002 41J05SE0002
OM91-161 41J05SE0009 41J05SE0009
SSMP Plummer-06 41J05SW0008 41J05SW0008

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Is

Mineralization Comments

Jun 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - The stone was evaluated as a source for railway ballast, electronic filter bed stone, concrete floor hardener, high-strength concrete, breakwall stone, dimension stone, decorative stone, rockwool, aggregate



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Massive
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2007 1000000 Trap Rock 1000000 Tonne
OFR 6219 2007 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 1,000,000 tonnes est.
2006 1000000 Trap Rock 1000000 Tonne
OFR 6203 2006 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 1,000,000 tonnes est.
2005 1000000 Trap Rock 1000000 Tonne
OFR 6183 2005 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 1,000,000 tonnes est.
2004 1000000 Trap Rock 1000000 Tonne
OFR 6149 2004 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 1,000,000 tonnes est.
1998 700000 Trap Rock 700000 Tonne
OFR 5990 1998 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 700,000 tonnes
1997 416000 Trap Rock 416000 Tonne
OFR 5972 1997 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 416,000 tonnes
1996 354377 Trap Rock 354377 Tonne
OFR 5958 1996 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 354,377 tonnes
1995 480000 Trap Rock 480000 Tonne
OFR 5943 1995 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 480,000 tonnes
1994 323000 Trap Rock 323000 Tonne
OFR 5921 1994 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 323,000 tonnes
1993 300000 Trap Rock 300000 Tons
OFR 5872 1993 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 300,000 tons
1992 300000 Trap Rock 300000 Tons
MP 152 1992 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - 300,000 tons
1991 12000 Trap Rock 12000 Tons
MP 158 1991 - Ontario Trap Rock Limited - over 12, 000 tons

References

Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR5990 Page: Date: 1999

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Pressacco R.E., Wilson A.C., Hope P., Morra P.M., Draper D.M., Egerland D.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geologists Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist's Report: Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR5972 Page: 1-2  Date: 1998

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Hope P., Morra P.M., Egerland D.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 1996, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5958 Page: 10-2 to 10-4  Date: 1997

Author: Newsome J.W., Laderoute D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 318, 306  Date: 1996

Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 1994, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5921 Page: 232  Date: 1995

Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mineral Showings, Occurrences, Deposits and Mines of the Swayze Greenstone Belt, Interim Report: Supporting Documentation for FoxPro(R) Application and Data

Publication Number: OFR5872 Page: 278  Date: 1993

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A., Archibald G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP161 Page: 208  Date: 1993

Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District-1991

Publication Number: MP158.012 Page: 215-216  Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1990

Publication Number: MP152.010 Page: 206  Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 1999, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6006 Page: Date: 2000

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Ravnaas C., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Hope P., Morra P.M., Beauchamp S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2000, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Program: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6050 Page: 1-2  Date: 2001

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Farrow D.G., Hope P., Debicki R.L., Yule G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2001, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6082 Date: 2002

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Draper D.M., Farrow D.G., Hope P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2002, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6113 Page: Date: 2003

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Farrow D.G., Hope P., Koroschetz A.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2003, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6130 Page: Date: 2004

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Butorac S., Cooper G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2004, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6149 Page: Date: 2005

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Bulman V.J., Pace A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2005, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6183 Page: Date: 2006

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Pace A., Woo H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2006, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6203 Page: Date: 2007

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Pace A., Woo H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2007, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR6219 Page: Date: 2008

Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Woo H., Wilson A.C., Butorac S., Cholette D., Draper D.M., Seim G.Wm.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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