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Record: MDI31C16SE00041

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mill Pond Quarry - 1990, Ivan and Donald Wills - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Oct-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Burgess, Burgess

Latitude: 44° 46' 11"    Longitude: -76° 11' 2.79"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406301   Northing: 4958052    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 1 km west of Scotch Point.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Smith Falls, southwest along hwy 15 for 17.96km turning right onto hwy 38 for 5.36km. Take light road/trail from intersection walking north through bush for ~90m to site.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is
Conglomerate 2 Quartz Pebble Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 09, 2015 (A Wilson) - The sandstone is part of the Covey Hill Formation. It is composed of noncalcareous, feldspathic, fine-to coarse-grained quartz sandstone and quartz-pebble conglomerate.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

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

Location:


Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1961

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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