Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada (1912)
Parks, William A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch (1901-1936) · Ottawa : Dept. of Mines, Mines Branch · leaf 166
own and white mottledvarieties (1106 and 1107). A prominent exposure, at least 12 feet high, is seen on the south shorenear where the river leaves Cross lake. The bedding is irregular but onthe whole it is thick with a probable maximum of 2 ft. 6 in. The jointingis not excessive and large blocks… … Silurian limestone. Cliff at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan river, Man. 101 indicating a varying composition: in places it is much honeycombed.All the stone shows evidence of a high content of iron with a resultant lowdegree of resistance to weathering. The lower part oi the exposure iscomposed of much…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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