Northwestern Ontario Development Network

Storey, C.C. 1986. Building and Ornamental Stone Inventory in the Districts of Kenora and Rainy River; Ontario Geological Survey, Mineral Deposits Circular 27, 150p.

This report presents the final results of a building and ornamental stone inventory carried out in the Districts of Kenora and Rainy River between 1982 and 1983. The study was inaugurated to evaluate a largely unknown resource while could help to diversify the economic base of northwestern Ontario. The types of stone covered by this study are granite, flagstone and slate, soapstone, and a number of other decorative stone types. All know present and past-producing quarries were examined, sampled, and described using commodity, status of deposit, location, access, history, and sample results as parameters. The inventory has identified a number of deposits that meet most of the criteria for a good dimension stone deposit, and thus have the potential for development