Larcher Project Exploration Pit, Dana Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canadai

Regional Level Types
Larcher Project Exploration Pit	Pit (Active)
Dana Township	Township
Nipissing District	District
Ontario	Province
Canada	Country

Currently active operations on the property (2020). Stock piles of anorthosite are visible from the road.

Activities on four claims of the "Larcher Project" (nickname bestowed by the authors) staked in 1975, eventually led to establlshment of the Dana Black Granite Limited quarry on neighbouring ground.
The drilled outcrops are composed of a massive, medium-to-coarse grained black anorthosite very similar in all respects to the Erana Mines Limited quarry stone. It is therefore a little coarser grained than the Dana Black Granite main quarry.
Owners of Dana Black Granite Limited were initially interested in using the Larcher black anorthosite as a building stone. Unfortunately, the exploration pit established the unsuitability of the stone for such purposes.
The coarse grain prevented its use in the monumental stone industry and necessitated thicker than average building stone slabs to meet structural specifications. Also the irregular and closely spaced jointing patterns and white lines would make it difficult to extract mill blocks of a size desired
by the industry. (OGS Report 5329).

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