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 247
ay formation. Tiic lower part of the lens consists of anearly massive band 40 feet thick of ^\hilish, coarsely crystalline limestone,irregularly marked in places with yellowish lines. This is overlaid by .^.?feet of pinkish marble showing some distinct partings parallel to the dipof the lens. This… … 155 courses, and arc often outlined in the surface by micaceous lines. Theupper jiart of tin- lens is niore shaK, and is too broken up to bo of commercialvalue as a marble. The most valuable part of the lens is the central xarieKated pink andwhite band. The colouring of this rock is very effective,…
Building stones · Geology, Economic · Stone industry and trade
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