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Record: MDI31F08NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dochart Creek Quarry - 1944
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Mar-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: McNab

Latitude: 45° 26' 44.28"    Longitude: -76° 22' 32.65"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 392415.002   Northing: 5033377.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.2 km west of Sandy Beach.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Dolomitic Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - Gull River Formation: interbedded silty dolostone, lithographic to tine crystalline limestone, oolitic limestone, shale, and fine-grained calcareous quartz sandstone. The limestone contains numerous white carbonate stringers parallel to the bedding, which trends east and west and dips 55°S. In 1944, the quarry was 600 feet long and from 25 to 100 feet wide. The face was from 3 to 20 feet high.




Mineralization Comments

Sep 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - The material was quarried for road metal. An unknown amount of material was removed.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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