MINERAL INVENTORY FILE NO.
116
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PRODUCT
GRANITE
NTS AREA
52E11
REF.
STN 1
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NAME OF PROPERTY
Shoal Lake Granite
OWNER OF OPERATOR ADDRESS
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OBJECT LOCATED
Quarry
MINING DIVISION
Winnipeg
Latitude
49°39.8’
Longitude
95°28.2’
Uncertainty (m)
500 m
UTM Zone
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Easting
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Northing
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L.S./Quarter Section
13, 14
Section
10
Township
8
Range
15 EPM
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT
The quarry is situated in a 200 by 350-foot diorite boss immediately south of the Archean Falcon Lake greenstone belt. The diorite is generally medium to coarse grained, but is finer grained near the margins. Its light to dark grey colour is modified by a greenish cast due to the feldspar. Very finely disseminated pyrite, in varying concentrations, causes pitting during polishing and stains upon weathering.
ASSOCIATED MINERALS OR PRODUCTS OF VALUE
See LI 1
HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The “Granite” quarry is located approximately 83 miles east of Winnipeg; about ½ mile north of the Trans-Canada Highway and about 3 miles northeast of the village of Glenn.
J. Wirth (Q.C. W75) and G. S. Ruddell (Q.C. W76) staked the properties, 40 acres, in 1946. Later in 1948 the Shoal Lake Granite Company, a three-man partnership was formed. Monumental stone in the form of rough blocks was at first shipped directly to Winnipeg, but by May 12, 1949 blocks were being polished and buffed at the quarry site. The operation ceased in 1951.
On December 23, 1955 the property (Q.C. W75) was assigned to the East Braintree Lithium Corporation Ltd. No work was apparently done and the permit was cancelled in 1958.
J. Donner (Q.C. W877) restaked the properties in 1963. No record of work can be found and the permit was cancelled in 1968.
HISTORY OF PRODUCTION
Some production figures:
Year Production
1947-48 470 cubic feet
109 cubic feet rough; 162 square feet polished
143 square feet, polished
150 cubic feet rough; 50 square feet polished
inactive
inactive
The record of production, prior to and subsequently to the years shown above are not recorded separately under “Stone” in the Annual Reports of the Mines Branch, Department of Mines and natural Resources, Manitoba.
REFERENCES
Annual Report On Mines and Minerals; 20th – p. 99, 26th – p. 90; Manitoba Mines Branch.
Carr, G. F., 1955: The Granite Industry of Canada; Industrial Minerals Division, Report 846, pp. 153, 154; Mines Branch, Ottawa.
Shoal Lake Granite; File No. 36785, 36786, 61346 in Mining Recording Files, Manitoba Mines Branch.
Springer, G.D., 1952: Geology of the Rennie-West Hawk Lake Area, Manitoba; Publication 50-6, pp. 23-24; Manitoba Mines Branch.
MAP REFERENCES
Map 52E/11, West, Waugh (Topography), Scale 1:50 000.
Map 1191G, Waugh (Aeromagnetic), Scale 1” = 1 mile.
Map 50-6, Rennie-West Hawk Lake Area (Geology), Scale 1” = 1 mile Accompanying Report by Springer (1952).
Claim Map Series NW11, 52E, Scale 1:31 680, circa 1958, Mining Recording, Manitoba Mines Branch
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Compiled/Revised by:
JB
Date
02-68 07/7319
