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| Record Name(s) | Vermilion Pink - 1948, Scotstown - 1954, Granite Quarriers Inc. (GQI) - 1987, Universal Granite Centre (1976) Ltd. - 1994, Nelson Granite Scotstown - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1987-Apr-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Docker
Latitude: 49° 49' 58.07" Longitude: -93° 30' 16.7"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 463708.771 Northing: 5520162.795 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F13SE
Point Location Description: Quarry
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: GENERAL LOCATION: The quarry is located in Docker Township, District of Kenora. It is approximately 12 km west-southwest of the town of Vermilion Bay and is located on the north side of Highway 17 between the Trans Canada Pipeline and Aaron Lake (Figure 7). ACCESS: A short road departs north of Highway 17, approximately 12 km west-southwest of Vermilion Bay, and connects the quarry with the highway.
1948: The quarry was opened by the Vermilion Pink Granite Company. 1954-60: It was re-opened in 1954 by the Scotstown Granite Company and operated until 1960. 1971: The quarry was purchased by the Universal Granite Company. 1976: Major production began and the company was re-named Universal Granite Centre (1976) Ltd. 1984: The quarry was sold to a group of Quebec granite companies known as Granite Quarriers (GQI) Inc. 1991: Operations ceased, head office for Granite Quarriers (GQI) Inc. were closed. 2001-03: Nelson Granite operates quarry with main quarry south of Hwy 17. Production was around 70,000 cubic meters of pink stone.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (W Bellinger) - The quarry is hosted within the potassic suite of granites of the synvolcanic Dryberry Batholith in the Wabigoon Subprovince (Blackburn et al. 1991). Storey (1986) described the previous work dealing with the quarry: The area was mapped by Pryslak (1969, 1976) and included in a reconnaissance scale map by Breaks et al. (1975f, 1978). The quarry was described by Carr (1955), Guillet (in Hewitt 1964); Pryslak (1976) repeated Guillet's description. The deposit is mentioned in Vos et al. (1982). The rock is homogeneous, massive, medium grained pink granite. The body is egg shaped in plan, 2.8 by 1.8 km. This is the same deposit that the Nelson Granite quarry is located in and the rock is identical. The rock is very uniform in colour. A few minor quartz veins up to 2 cm wide are present.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Homogenous,Med.-Grained | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (W Bellinger) - The rock is homogeneous, massive, medium grained pink granite. The body is egg shaped in plan, 2.8 by 1.8 km. This is the same deposit that the Nelson Granite quarry is located in and the rock is identical. The rock is very uniform in colour. A few minor quartz veins up to 2 cm wide are present. Storey (1986) described the mineralogy of the granite: The rock was classified as quartz monzonite by Mattison (1952) and granite by Pryslak (1976). A modal analysis from Mattison (1952) plots as granite in the Streckeisen (1976) classification. There is a slight layering parallel to the sheeting. This is evidenced by a slight lightening of the pink colour of the feldspar. Biotite is roughly aligned parallel to these layers. This effect is present in several places in the deposit. When present the layering forms lines 2 cm apart on the surface. Microcline crystals up to 1 cm form dark pink phenocryst-like forms although the texture is not porphyritic.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Microcline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Plagioclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chlorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Zircon | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 1 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (W Bellinger) - Storey (1986) described the mineralogy of the granite: The rock was classified as quartz monzonite by Mattison (1952) and granite by Pryslak (1976). A modal analysis from Mattison (1952) plots as granite in the Streckeisen (1976) classification. There is a slight layering parallel to the sheeting. This is evidenced by a slight lightening of the pink colour of the feldspar. Biotite is roughly aligned parallel to these layers. This effect is present in several places in the deposit. When present the layering forms lines 2 cm apart on the surface. Microcline crystals up to 1 cm form dark pink phenocryst-like forms although the texture is not porphyritic. The granites are characterized by the abundant coarse-grained microcline in irregular anhedral crystals up to 5 mm in size. Plagioclase feldspar (albite) is found in granules of similar size. It is usually slightly altered and does not always show its sharp multiple twinning. It also carries micrographic inclusions of quartz at some if its contacts with potash feldspar producing a textural feature called myrmekite. Although the latter is not a mineral, its ubiquity in the rock is worthy of note in the table. Quartz occurs interstitial to the feldspar. It is somewhat smaller in grain size, sometimes showing strain. In places, it is found as small inclusions in the large crystals of feldspar as well as in the myrmekite noted above. Biotite mica is the sole ferromagnesium mineral in the granites. It is disseminated through the rock in small clusters of two to four flakes in a uniform manner. In a few places, it has been replaced by chlorite. Generally, the mica is fresh and unaltered. No sulphide minerals are evident in either granite. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Compressive Strength: 19,370 psi (133.6 MPa) Modulus of Rupture: 1,850 psi (12.8 MPa) Absorption: 0.25% Bulk Specific Gravity:
Map - Kenora-Fort Frances, geological compilation series, Kenora and Rainy River districts
Publication Number: M2443 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1981
Author: Blackburn C.E., Beard R.C., Rivett A.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - The granite industry of Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 846
Publication Number: CMB Pub 846 Page: 146-147 Date: 1955
Author: Carr, G.F.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307982
Map - Geological series, Operation Kenora-Sydney Lake, Gordon-Big Canyon lakes, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P1031 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1975
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., McWilliams G.H., Gower C.F., Findlay D.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Manitou Lakes sheet, districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: P0242 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 5, granite and gneiss
Publication Number: IMR019 Page: 44-47 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Bruin Lake-Edison Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R130 Page: 52 Date: 1976
Author: Pryslak A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building and ornamental stone inventory in the districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: MDC027 Page: 27-28 Date: 1986
Author: Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Dimensional Stone Occurrences and Deposits in Northwest Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5890 Date: 1994
Author: Hinz P., Landry R.M., Gerow M.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Kenora Resident Geologist's District - 1990
Publication Number: MP152.002 Date: 1997
Author: Blackburn C.E., Hailstone M.H., Storey C.C., Perrault M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1
Publication Number: OFR5388 Page: 135-137 Date: 1982
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Industrial minerals geologist files
Publication Number: IMF Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Publication - The granite industry of Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 846
Publication Number: CMB Pub 846 Date: 1955
Author: Carr, G.F.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307982
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