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MDI30M04SW00004
| Record Name(s) | Cook's - 1981, Crown Gypsum Co. - 1981, Mount Healy - 1981, Thomas Martindale & Thomas Peart - 1981, W. Donaldson & Co. - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Oneida
Latitude: 43° 0' 40.44" Longitude: -79° 53' 19.62"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 590557.27 Northing: 4762661.25 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M04SW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: COOK BLOCK CONC: RIVER RANGE
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Location of adit is immediately S of River Road and 160 m W of Broad Road.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALDIMAND, OPERATION: OPERATED BETWEEN 1838 and 1919, PRODUCTION: ESTIMATED AT 50,000 TO 60,000 TONS.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The geology is similar to the neighbouring Martindale Mine where two gypsum beds of white good quality occurs at 21m and another 7m below with thicknesses of 1.2 and upto 5 m respectively.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Gypsum | 2 | 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 |
Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 224
Publication Number: GSC Mem 224 Page: 109 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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Location:
Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Page: 47 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 97-98 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Paleozoic geology, Grimsby, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2343 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Liberty B.A., Feenstra B.H., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Bedrock topography series, Grimsby area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2401 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1981
Author: Feenstra B.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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