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Record: MDI31G03SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Durham Wells Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Williamsburgh

Latitude: 45° 0' 34.05"    Longitude: -75° 6' 51.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 490986.509   Northing: 4984007.59    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G03SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: This large, water-filled quarry is located 3 km west of Gallingertown, about 15 km northeast of Morrisburg.



Exploration History

The quarry was operated by Dibblee Construction Company, Limited, for the Ontario Department of Mines (now known as the Ontario Ministry of Transportation), providing crushed stone for road construction (OFR 5863, p107).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The quarry was excavated to a depth of about 12 metres, exposing interbedded limestone and dolostone of the lower member of the Middle Ordovician Gull River Formation. Total thickness of unit - 0.5 m (OFR 5863, p107).




Mineral Record Details

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

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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

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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale:     Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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