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MDI40P09NE00004
| Record Name(s) | W.J. Smith-Erin Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Erin
Latitude: 43° 43' 51.97" Longitude: -80° 6' 44.68"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 571482.342 Northing: 4842390.661 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Located about 6 km southwest of Erin CP Station, Guelph dolomite is exposed at this quarry on the west side of a small brook. The rocks are exposed in ledges along the face of hillside about 15 m in height. The upper 12 m of the strata consists of brown, finely granular rather hard dolomite in irregular beds with many cavities. The soft dolomite at the base of the hill is very pure dolomite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Paleozoic geology, Guelph, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2342 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
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
Location:
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