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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI52F14SW00005

Record: MDI52F14SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Docker Township Quarry - 1948, Nelson Granite Quarry - 1981
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Producing Mine
Date Created	1987-Apr-08
Date Last Modified	2023-Nov-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite

Location

Township or Area: Docker

Latitude: 49° 49' 24.44" Longitude: -93° 29' 52.38"

UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 464187.77 Northing: 5519120.8 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F14SW

Point Location Description: Quarry

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The quarry is located in Docker Twp. approx. 12 km west-southwest of the town of Vermillion Bay, on the north side of hwy. 17, north of Aaron Lake.

Exploration History

1948: rock has been quarried from this deposit since 1948 by various companies. 1981: Nelson Granite Ltd. opened their quarry, directly south of the Vermillion Pink quarry, across Highway 17. 1994: Nelson Granite was producing from a quarry north of Aaron Lake which is due north from the old quarry. Produced 40,258 cubic meters of Vermilion pink stone from 1994-2000. 1994-95: Nelson Granite carried out power stripping. 1996: Nelson Granite drilled 4 DDH for 48.8 m. Production continued up to and throughout 2019. 2020: quarry does not show as having an active permit.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
2.17448	52F13SE0035	52F13SE0035
W9510-00133	52F13SE0033	52F13SE0033

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean

Geology Comments

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 Granite Quarriers (GQI) Inc. 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.

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Granitoid-Unsubdivided	1		Med Grained,Myrmekitic	Host
Vein	2	Quartz	Minor Veins And Stringers	Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (W Bellinger) - Storey (1986) described the mineralogy of the granite: The rock was classified as quartz monzonite by Mattinson (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 sample.

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking	Alteration Intensity	Alteration Style
1	Microcline	Economic	Ore
2	Albite	Economic	Ore
3	Quartz	Economic	Ore
1	Biotite	Economic	Gangue
2	Apatite	Economic	Gangue
3	Zircon	Economic	Gangue
4	Magnetite	Economic	Gangue
	Chlorite	Alteration		Chloritic	1	Unknown	Replacement

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (W Bellinger) - MINERALOGY: 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 sample. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Vermilion Pink Granite Compressive Strength: 19,370 psi (133.6 MPa), Modulus of Rupture: 1,850 psi (12.8 MPa), Absorption: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS: 73.7SiO2, 13.9 Al2O3, 0.81 Fe2O3, 0.72 FeO, 0.36 MgO, 0.04 MnO, 1.29 CaO, 2.94 Na2O, 0.19 TiO2, 0.05% P2O5. Analyses by Geoscience Laboratories, OGS, Toronto.

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year	Tonnes	Commodities	Reference	Comment
2019	3604	Granite 3604 Number of items	OFR6363	3603.5 m3 produced
2018	4118	Granite 4118 Number of items	OFR6351	4118.4 m3 produced
2017	4326	Granite 4326 Number of items	OFR6336	4326 m3 produced
2016	5316	Granite 5316 Number of items	OFR6324	5315.6 m3 produced
2015	5858	Granite 5858 Number of items	OFR6314	5857.6 m3 produced
2014	5778	Granite 5778 Number of items	OFR6301	5778.3 m3 produced
2013	6665	Granite 6665 Number of items	OFR6291	6665.5 m3 extracted
2012	7171	Granite 7171 Number of items	OFR6283	7171 m3 extracted
2011	5856	Granite 5856 Number of items	OFR6271	5856 cubic meters extracted (pink granite for rough blocks, monuments, pavers, and landscaping pieces 'Vermillion Pink').
2010	5543	Granite 5543 Number of items	OFR6261	5543 cubic meters extracted
2009	6522	Granite 6522 Number of items	OFR6244	6522 m3 produced
2008	7034	Granite 7034 Number of items	OFR6232	7034 m3 produced
2007	21197	Granite 21197 Number of items	OFR6216	21,197 m3 produced
2006	6181	Granite 6181 Number of items	OFR6200	6181 m3 produced
2005	6550	Granite 6550 Number of items	OFR6180	6550 m3 produced
2004	5710	Granite 5710 Number of items	OFR6146	5710 m3 produced
2003	5431	Granite 5431 Number of items	OFR6127	5431 m3 produced
2002	8830	Granite 8830 Number of items	OFR6110	8830 m3 produced
2001	7080	Granite 7080 Number of items	OFR6079	7080 m3 produced
2000	40258	Granite 40257 Number of items		Produced 40,258 cubic meters of Vermilion pink stone from 1994-2000.