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MDI30L14NW00009
| Record Name(s) | Cons. 32274 Humberstone 31-3 - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Humberstone
Latitude: 42° 55' 32.21" Longitude: -79° 16' 7.26"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 641288.6 Northing: 4754008.55 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L14NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drill hole located in Wainfleet Marsh, 4.5 km NW of Port Colborne Town Hall.
Locally abundant gypsum between 49.1 and 75.0.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mudstone | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolostone | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Gypsum | 3 | Is |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Selenite | Economic | Ore |
Book - Lithologies of the Salina Group, Niagara Peninsula area: Core log data file
Publication Number: MNR OFR Page: 168-205 Date: 1996
Author: Haynes, S.J.
Publisher Name: Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum Resources Section
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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Welland-Fort Erie area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P0989 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Telford P.G., Tarrant G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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File - Petroleum Resources Well Card 1974
Publication Number: Date: 1996
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