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MDI40P09NW00005
| Record Name(s) | O.H. Gow-Fergus 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), Dolostone
Township or Area: Garafraxa
Latitude: 43° 42' 42.04" Longitude: -80° 21' 41.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551447.288 Northing: 4840048.359 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located on the south side of the Grand River about 0.4 km east of Fergus town limit.
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) - The Guelph dolomite is very fine grained, hard, light bluish grey and drab in colour composed of flat beds 1 - 35 cm thick with many cavities lined with calcite crystals.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1991 | 0 | MDI |
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:
Part - The limestones of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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