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Ch1 Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Ontario D Ch2 Mines and Minerals Division 46 0 00© Ontario Geological Survey 46 0 00© Pi Open File Map 146 Granite Building Stone Quarries and Prospects ?*ZtegJf Algonquin Provincial Park Districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, and adjacent parts of Haliburton County and Nipissing District

Scale 1:250 000

UNEDITED MANUSCRIPT This unedited Open File Map is presented for viewing in order to provide early access to recent geoscience mapping. It will be avail able for on-request viewing and photocopying at the Mines Library '-v^Vritt of the Ontario Geological Survey and at the appropriate Resident j '-")^-:-;.a^—— Geologist©s office until an edited Preliminary Map is published to replace it.

45 0 45' Information from this publication may be quoted if credit is given. It is recommended that reference to this map be made in the following form: Marmont, C. 1991. Granite building stone quarries and prospects, ^^fe^^S LOCATION MAP districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, and adjacent parts of ^j M-. v x-j-^/ Haliburton County and Nipissing District; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Map 146, scale 1:250 000.

MARGINAL NOTES LAND STATUS

This map shows the locations of known stone quarries in the District of Parry Sound and The following notes are provided to give a brief overview of the means of acquiring the Muskoka, and adjacent parts of Haliburton County and Nipissing District. Descriptions rights to operate a stone quarry. For more thorough information on regulations and Algonquin\Provincial Park of these sites may be found in Marmont (1991), in which references to earlier work by procedures, the reader should consult a representative of the Ministry of Northern other workers can also be found. Other undocumented quarries may exist on private or Development and Mines (MNDM) or Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). Crown lands. The Parry Sound - Muskoka area is a mix of private and Crown land. A valid Prospectors 45 0 30 The map shows the location of different types of granite stone quarries:- Licence is required when prospecting on Crown Land. No work may be undertaken on 45 0 30© land where the mineral rights are privately owned without the permission of the owner. 1. Flagstone quarries Claim maps outlining the general distribution of Crown and private land for most townships may be obtained from offices of MNDM, or viewed at most District offices of These quarries contain thinly-splitting granite gneiss used for veneer, paving and patio MNR. These maps, at a scale of 1 inch to V* mile, show lots and concessions, roads, stone, etc. Most are small, many are.inactive, some are active on demand. Many contain private and Crown land. Precise legal information on land title can be obtained from adequate reserves of stone capable of sustaining increased levels of production. Registry Offices of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Mineral rights ^^M^^?^gi5 on Crown land may be acquired by staking under the terms of the Mining Act ^slsyp5t\?rv©t /; "i-Vv-/ -r* i-x ^JlVx-^'G^ 2. Wayside quarries (administered by MNDM). Alternatively, the right to remove stone from Crown lands may be obtained by means of an Aggregate Permit issued by MNR. In either case, operation These quarries were opened to provide crushed stone aggregate for highway of the quarry will be regulated under the provisions of the Aggregate Resources Act, construction. Most are dormant, and may be periodically re-activated for new projects. proclaimed in December 1989, and administered by MNR. This Act will also apply to quarries on private land in "designated" areas. 3. Dimensional stone

With the exception of the McBride Quarry, a past producer, these sites are prospects SOURCES OF INFORMATION only. They are rock outcrops considered to have potential for supplying large blocks suitable for sawing into panels, slabs and tiles, and for monument production. Base map: 1:250,000 topographic sheets, NTS areas 31 E, parts of 31 D, 31 L, 41 H. 4. Other quarries Geology simplified from:- These are quarries whose stone is not suitable for flagstone or dimensional stone Culshaw, N.G., Davidson, A. and Nadeau, L. 1983. Structural subdivisions of the 45 0 15' applications. This includes decorative stone such as pegmatite, and friable material such as peridotite used as road gravel. Grenville Province in the Parry Sound-Algonquin Region, Ontario; in Current Research, 45 0 15' Part B, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 83-1 B, p.243-252.

Davidson, A., Culshaw, N.G., and Nadeau, L 1982. A tectorio^metamorphic framework GUIDELINES FOR PROSPECTING for part of the Grenville Province, Parry Sound, Ontario; in Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 82-1 A, p. 175-190. 1. Flagstone Davidson, A. and Grant, S.M. 1986. Reconnaissance geology of western and central Thinly splitting granitic gneiss occurs in highly flattened rocks known as ©ductile shear Algonquin Park and detailed study of coronitic olivine metagabbro, Central Gneiss Belt, zones©. The largest ductile shear zones in the area separate distinct geological ©domains© Grenville Province of Ontario; jn Current Research, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada, and ©subdomains© (domain boundary zones). These are shown on the attached map by Paper 86-1 B, p.837-848. lines with saw-teeth which indicate the direction of dip of these zones. Clusters of flagstone quarries occur in domain boundary zones at Parry Sotind and Minden, and in Davidson, A., Nadeau, L., Grant, S.M. and Pryer, L.L 1985. Studies in the Grenville the Huntsville-Dwight-Dorset area. The shear zones may be as much as ten kilometres Province of Ontario; in Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper wide, but are commonly two or three kilometres wide. Shaded areas on the map which 85-1 A, p.463-483. straddle the domain boundary zones are considered to be the most prospective areas for finding additional deposits of thinly splitting gneiss. It should be noted that: 1) these Easton, R.M. 1990. Tectonic map of the Grenville Province of Ontario; GSA Syracuse, Index to Quarries zones also contain stone which will not split readily; and 2) smaller, presently unmapped, Abstracts with Program, v.22, March 1990. ductile shear zones occur throughout the area, which -are nevertheless large enough to Hanmer, S. 1989. Geology, western part of the Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary A Ardbeg Al Allsaw contain potentially economic volumes of stone. Most of the known flagstone quarries are Am Armstrong Ar Arnstein privately owned, but many prospective areas occur on Crown Land. Zone, Grenville Province, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, map 1688A, scale 45 0 00© As Ashworth B Britt 1 : 50 000 Ba Bala Bac Bacher 45 0 00© 2. Wayside Quarries Bc Boyce Bl Blair Bk Birkendale Bo Boyes Most wayside quarries have been strongly blasted, and the remaining stone is usually REFERENCES Br Bright©s Lake Bt Bartell badly shocked. Some sites, however, contain attractive stone suitable for flagstone or Bx Baxter-01 - 04 C Cardwell dimensional stone, for example: Arnstein and Lost Channel (flagstone); and Blair, Fouts, C.R. and Marmont, C. 1989. Gneisses of the Parry Sound-Muskoka area: Ga Casey Ch1 Chisholm-01 Felsman, Grundy, Lalonde Lake, Orillia Power, Woods Road (dimensional stone and flagstone resources; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5725, 72p. Ch2 Chisholm-02 Co Coltman monuments). Most wayside quarries are privately owned or reserved by the Ontario D Draper F Felsman Ministry of Transportation. Hewitt, D.F. 1964. Building stones of Ontario, Part V, granite and gneiss; Ontario Fm Ford-mere Fo Foley Department of Mines, Industrial Mineral Report No. 19, 51 p. Fr Fraser Fu Fuller 3. Dimensional Stone G Grundy Ge Gemmell Hewitt, D.F. 1967. Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario; Ontario Department of Mines, Gi Gibson H Henvey The areas most prospective for dimensional stone are orthogneiss units outlined on the Industrial Mineral Report 21, 83p. Ha Harrison Hg Highland Granite map. These are metamorphosed and variably deformed plutonic igneous rocks including HI Hall K Killbear granite, quartz monzonite, gabbro etc. Smaller and unmapped bodies may also have Marmont, C. 1988a. Feldspar in the Parry Sound-Huntsville-Haliburton area, Ontario Ke Keown Kn Kernahan potential. The most prospective sites exhibit widely spaced joints and fractures, and Geological Survey, Open©File Report 5686, 133p. L Lost Channel La Lalonde Lake attractive, uniform colours and textures. These are features which can only be Le Lehman east (Read) Lo Lochlin determined by detailed prospecting, and it is expected that additional sites remain to be -~-1988b. Limestone (crystalline marble) in the Parry Sound - Huntsville area, Ontario Lw Lehman west (Boothby) M Mill Lake discovered. Geological Survey, Open File Report 5687, 71 p. Ma Macklaim Constr. Mag Magnetawan Mb McBride Me Mace 4. Other Quarries 1991. Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario; Ontario McD McDougall Road McF McFadyen Geological Survey, Open File Report 5760, in press. McM McMurrich-01 Md MacDonald (Cotterchio) A wide variety of stones has been excavated in the area. Some of these are suitable for Me Medora Mo Mountain Lake 44 0 45© decorative purposes, particularly pegmatites and marbles, which are not shown on this Martin, Wendy. 1983. Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region; Ontario Geological Mu Murdy My McKay map (Hewitt, 1967; Marmont, 1988a, 1988b). Persons requiring more information on Survey, Open File Report 5425, 316p. M1 Muskoka-01 M2 Muskoka-02 building stone and other mineral resources in this area should contact the Resident M3 Muskoka-03 M4 Muskoka-04 Geologist, MNDM, Dorset, Ontario. MNDM, Staff of the Resident Geologist©s Office, Dorset, Ontario. 1989. Building stone N Nipissing No Norland opportunities in central Ontario; Interim Report, 16p. O Orillia Power P Parton PC Port Cunnington Pe Percy Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario. 1990. Ontario building stone Pi Pickerel River R Rainy Lake (RYE-01 - 03) LEGEND producers, Directory 90. Ra Rabjohn Ram Rama Rb Robinson S Shawanaga A flagstone quarry domain boundary zone Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario. 1990. Ontario dimensional stone Sa Sand Lake Sh South Himsworth-01, 02 catalogue. Sk Saikonnen Stl Strong-01 m wayside quarry areas most likely to contain St2 Strong-02 W Woods Road thinly splitting granite gneiss Parks, W.A. 1912. Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, Volume 1, We West Wi Wilson D dimensional stone prospect Parts land H©; Canada Mines Branch Publication No. 100. Wil Williams (D. Boothby) Wlk Wilson Lake Scale 1:250,000 Echelle orthogneiss: areas most likely to Ws Winterstein Wt White 5 10 20 Millet * other stone quarry contain dimensional granite or gneiss Verschuren, C.P., Papertzian, V.C., Kingston, P.W., and Villard, D.J. 1986. 10 20 25 30 Kilometre* Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario; Ontario (see OFR 5760 for details) Geological Survey, Open File Report 5585, 302p.

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