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Record: MDI31C07NE00067

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wolfes Swamp Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Portland

Latitude: 44° 24' 10.27"    Longitude: -76° 41' 57.28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 364689.29   Northing: 4918022.544    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 2.7 km west of Harrowsmith.



Exploration History

Quarried in the early 1900's for local road metal and building construction.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation: 3.0m thick.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


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

Location:


Mono - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5730 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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