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MDI31C16SW00015
| Record Name(s) | Geo S. Wilson Property - 1964, Wilson Quarry - 1827 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1985-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Secondary Commodities: Silica Sand, Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 51' 31.27" Longitude: -76° 18' 49.96"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 396192 Northing: 4968092 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From Perth, west along highway 6 for 6.71km. Left onto Bowes side Road for 1.83km. Site is located approximately 10m east of the road.
1827- ?: stone from this quarry was used for building stone in the Perth area.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Nov 27, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is described as being white with a slight blue-grey cast. Occasional small brown spots are observed. The sandstone is thin to medium bedded.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 2 | Dimension Stone |
| 1 | Industrial |
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 131-132 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 6, 17 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 48 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 188 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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 - 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:
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