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Record: MDI31G02SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Permanent - 1990, Permanent Concrete (Cornwall) - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1990-Nov-05
Date Last Modified 2024-Sep-04
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Commodities

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



Location

Township or Area: Cornwall

Latitude: 45° 2' 47.17"    Longitude: -74° 50' 37.72"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 512300.092   Northing: 4988120.885    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G02SW

Point Location Description: Point 1.75 Km NE of Lakeview Heights.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 6 Km NW of Cornwall.



Exploration History

One of the ' Mille Roches Quarries ' - MDI31G02SW00002 ( Pre 1912 ) - stone used in canal construction. Opened by Permanent Concrete Ltd in 1967 - for aggregate (roads and cement).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - About 45 ft of Middle Black River limestone is quarried in 3 lifts. The floor is in dolomite acribed to the Lower Black River Formation. Possible potential for building stone.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Road materials in a portion of Vaudreuil County, Quebec, and along the St. Lawrence River from the Quebec Boundary to Cardinal, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 106

Publication Number: GSC Mem 106 Page: Date: 1918

Author: Picher, R H

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101667


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 53  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 20-22  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

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Mono - Lower St. Lawrence planning area: Finch, Roxborough, Osnabruck, Cornwall and Charlottenburgh townships

Publication Number: OFR5138 Page: 13  Date: 1975

Author: Brinsmead R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 37-38  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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