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| Record Name(s) | Dufferin Aggregates-Acton Quarry - 9999, Acton Quarry - 1981, Blue Circle Aggregates - 9999, Acton Limestone - 1981, United Aggregates - 1981, Toronto Lime - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Esquesing
Latitude: 43° 37' 21" Longitude: -80° 0' 8.13"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 580498.75 Northing: 4830429.77 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12SW, 40P09SE
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 21-23 CONC: 4, LOT: 21-24 CONC: 3
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Dufferin Aggregates purchased Acton Quarry in November 2001. With 3.47 million tonnes annual production, this quarry is ranked 5th in Canada in 2001.TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF CITY OF HALTON HILLS.
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 quarry exposes more than 40 m ofmassive, lenticular and thinner-bedded interlenticular strata of Amabel Formation underlain by a thin-bedded dolostone of Reynales Formation. the rocks are mostly medium to coarse crystalline, cream grey and richly fossiliferous. The bedrock surface is locally irregular and good reef flanks are evident in some parts of the quarry. The middle unit of Amabel contains calcite in vugs and sphalerite in lenses.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0 | MDI |
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of the Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP046 Page: 14 Date: 1983
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 224
Publication Number: GSC Mem 224 Page: 103 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Map - Waterloo, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 624A
Publication Number: GSC Map 624A Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1941
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107635
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC MR 39 Page: 130-131 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 142 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:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 51-53 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:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 237-238 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 53-55 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment
Publication Number: IMR031 Page: 46-47 Date: 1997
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 39 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Paleozoic geology, Brampton, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2337 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Bond I.J., Liberty B.A., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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:
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