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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI40P03NE00006

Record: MDI40P03NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Thames West Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

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



Location

Township or Area: Blanshard

Latitude: 43° 14' 59.41"    Longitude: -81° 9' .6"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 487809.91   Northing: 4788570.26    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P03NE

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 35 CONC: THAMES RIVER

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF ST. MARYS.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 0 MDI

References

Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 278-283  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 273-274  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1263A

Publication Number: GSC Map 1263A Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 1969

Author: Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109120


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 158  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

Location:


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES.PROP.REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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