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martha wrote:ah yes, look at how gravity is pulling on his shirt and pants...
trad_reborn wrote:that looks pretty fun! in a tendon popping sorta way...
Joe wrote:Oh to be 16 again... these days I pull a tendon just picking my nose...
Fred wrote:I think it's an old quarry.
cory wrote:yeah, that's the spot... you can't miss it from the road. It looks spectacular. Best graninte perhaps anywhere, very dense and fine cristals. It's been quarried for monument work because it shows phenominal detail when carved. There are a handfull of one or two-move wonders on irregulary piled shaped that fractured in non-square blocks. The exposed faces have deep (but not deep enough) pools of stagnant water at their base most of the year.
To give you an indication of the density of this stuff the drilled holes are often 2" diamter and 4" on centre, so from cross-section there are more smooth curves than fractured face. Lots of parallel flaring pinches up approximately vertical faces 6-20', usually vertical, but horizontal or as pockets in places.
I've explored in detail about 2/3 of that entire granite formation hiking many Km's through the woods, up streams, and along abandoned quarry roads. Found only a couple of worthwhile things but very scattered.
Also a warning. That quarry is still active and they do blast there on a regular basis. Don't be stupid.
Greg wrote:Fred wrote:I think it's an old quarry.
Yup, about 3 k north of Evandale on highway 102.
Dom wrote:Greg wrote:Fred wrote:I think it's an old quarry.
Yup, about 3 k north of Evandale on highway 102.
Old topic, new question- Is this the quarry that is directly on the side of the Hwy 102? (I'm talking like 10 seconds approach here)
If it is I went there this Winter and I'd like to go again- looks like really good granite and a bunch (20ish) of cool problems.
I can' t remember if it was close to Evandale or not hence my question.
Stacey wrote:sweet spot eh?
now that pic would be gorgeous without all those footprints![]()
hehe - just teasing!
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