RESOURCE CONTEXT
Rundle rock (Canmore), Paskapoo sandstone (Calgary), coal-mine waste rock (AGS study)
Rundle rock and Paskapoo sandstone built Calgary and the Legislature; today a C$6 M/yr niche.
QUARRYIndustrial minerals
Thunderstone Rundle rock quarry (Canmore)
Thunderstone Quarries · Dimension and landscape stone
Rundle rock since 1960.
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
Prospectivity envelopes for Building & dimension stone
- Paskapoo sandstone and Rundle stoneFavourableDimension stone from Paleocene sandstone and Mississippian limestone
Development regime
- Tenure
- Metallic & Industrial Minerals Tenure Regulation (AR 265/2022): permit — exclusive exploration right, indefinite term, no rent, $625 fee, assessment work $7/ha (first 2 years) → $13 → $20/ha; lease — 15-year initial + 15-year intermediate term, indefinite while producing, $3.50/ha rent.
- Royalty
- $0.0441/t building stone (AR 350/93 s.12).
DATASETS TO STACK HERE
Public layers that cover this site
- Bedrock geology of Alberta (Map 600 tiles)Alberta Geological SurveyWhich formation is at the bedrock surface: the first screen for outcropping targets such as silica sand, limestone, ironstone, bentonite, ammonite shell and shallow coal.
- Bedrock geology polygons (DIG 2013-0018, queryable)Alberta Geological SurveyAttribute-level bedrock mapping for screening host lithologies; heavy, so it loads only when zoomed in.
- Industrial mineral occurrences (DIG 2019-0027)Alberta Geological SurveyQuarry and industrial-mineral target inventory.
- AGS prospective areas for mineral explorationAlberta Geological SurveyThe survey's own view of where each commodity is prospective; compare with the Atlas knowledge-driven envelopes.
- NRCan Map 900A: producing mines, mineral areas, oil & gas fieldsNatural Resources CanadaOfficial federal view of producing operations to cross-check the Atlas mine inventory.
- Metallic, placer, quarriable & salt mine boundariesAlberta Energy and MineralsOfficial footprints of non-energy mines and brine fields.
- Non-Crown mineral ownershipAlberta Energy and MineralsFreehold minerals need private deals and carry freehold mineral tax instead of Crown royalty.
- Parks & protected areas (by designation)Alberta Forestry, Parks and TourismHard no-go areas (e.g. Peace Point gypsum inside Wood Buffalo National Park).
NEARBY OPERATIONS
Within reach
- Exshaw cement plant & quarryQuarry · Lafarge Canada (Holcim) · ≈11 kmOperating
- Exshaw lime plant & quarryQuarry · Graymont · ≈12 kmOperating
- E3 Lithium — GarringtonLithium brine · E3 Lithium · ≈114 kmExploration
- Sultech / Canlin micronized sulphur plantCritical-minerals recovery · Sultech / Canlin Energy · ≈117 kmConstruction
- E3 Lithium — Clearwater (Bashaw District)Lithium brine · E3 Lithium · ≈126 kmPilot / demonstration
- Eavor-Lite closed-loop demo (Rocky Mountain House)Geothermal · Eavor Technologies · ≈141 kmClosed (recent)