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Record: MDI31B12NW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lehighs Corners Quarry - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Kitley

Latitude: 44° 42' .48"    Longitude: -75° 56' 17.33"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 425675   Northing: 4950068    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B12NW

Point Location Description: water-filled quarry 1.5 km south-southeast of Lehighs Corners.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - The Oxford Formation is approximately 2.0 m thick at this location.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

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