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Record: MDI30M12SW00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) William R Barnes Co.-Halton Hills Quarry - 1981, D. Handy Quarry - 1969, Inglewood Quarry - 1964, Brown Farm - 1964
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-Feb-18
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Sandstone (Silica)



Location

Township or Area: Esquesing

Latitude: 43° 37' 8.84"    Longitude: -79° 58' 12.76"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 583089   Northing: 4830086    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALTON HILLS.


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) - There are two quarry openings about 300 feet apart at this site. Seven to nine feet of grey and buff, fine grained, medium bedded, irregularly bedded Whirlpool sandstone is exposed. The rock displays irregular bedding and crossbedding.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilicaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone was quarried for coursing stone and silica for rock wool circa 1981.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1985

Author:

Publisher Name: MNR

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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Brampton area, Halton, Peel, and York counties

Publication Number: IMR023 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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Mono - Depositional characteristics of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5363 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martini I.P., Salas C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Depositional characteristics and resources potential of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5549 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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