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Record: MDI30M12SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) D. Robertson & Company Quarry - 1860, Merritton Quarry - 1912
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Dec-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Nassagaweya

Latitude: 43° 30' 33.77"    Longitude: -79° 56' 2.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 586163   Northing: 4817935    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

circa 1912: Quarries were opened on both sides of the ravine through which the railway ran


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sandstone is very fine-grained, rests on shales and is capped by a considerable thickness of limestone.




Mineralization Comments

Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - A church and the Milton courthouse were constructed from stone from this quarry. Most of the stone quarried was rubblestone.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Silica in Canada, part 1 Eastern Canada, p. 40, 80, 96

Publication Number: No 555 pt 1 Date: 1923

Author: L.H. Cole

Publisher Name: DEMR

Location:


Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 145  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT

Publication Number: Date: 1985

Author:

Publisher Name: MNR

Location:


Mono - Silica in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 38, 41  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Burleigh Falls-Peterborough area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2337 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1980

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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