Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Redditt Quarry - 2013 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Redditt
Latitude: 49° 59' 13.3" Longitude: -94° 24' 33.19"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 398980 Northing: 5538140 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52E16NW
Point Location Description: The Redditt quarry is located approx 10 km SW of the Forgotten Lake quarry and 3 km W of Redditt.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Nelson Granite initiated production from this quarry in 2010 and holds an aggregate permit for 20,000 t production a year.
Oct 13, 2022 (C Ravnaas) - The stone from the quarry is white feldspar-megacrystic granite and marketed as “Bimini” (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2013).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Redditt | 2013 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 1000000 | OFR 6291 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1127 | 769.8 m3 (27 184 ft3) was produced in 2013 and was used as monument and building stone. |
MonoMap - Preliminary geological synthesis of the English River Subprovince, northwestern Ontario and its bearing upon mineral exploration
Publication Number: MP072 Page: 29-31 Date: 1978
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., Stone D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Building and ornamental stone inventory in the districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC027 Page: 27 Date: 1986
Author: Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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