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Record: MDI31C16NW00037

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Drummond Centre Quarry #3 - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Nov-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Drummond

Latitude: 44° 59' 11.39"    Longitude: -76° 15' 34.15"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 400710   Northing: 4982221.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NW

Point Location Description: Quarry 2 km west of Drummond Centre

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is
Sandstone 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 04, 2016 (A Wilson) - The formation consists of interbedded quartz sandstone, sandy dolostone, and dolostone. There is a net upward decrease in sand content.




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

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Perth area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2724 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1984

Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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