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MDI41A11SE00004
| Record Name(s) | Shallow Lake - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Aug-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay, Marl
Township or Area: Keppel, Keppel, Keppel, Keppel, Keppel, Keppel
Latitude: 44° 36' 23.22" Longitude: -81° 6' 2.9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 492000.82 Northing: 4939238.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A11SE
Point Location Description: General, LOT: 5 - 9 CONC: 6, LOT: 6 - 10 CONC: 7
Location Method: Data Compilation
1889: The North American Chemical, Mining and Manufacturing Company – in production; 1900-1909: Owen Sound Portland Cement Company – in production; 1909- 1914: Canada Cement Company Limited – in production
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Marl | Is |
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Feb 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - Shallow Lake occupies an area of 365 acres, much of which has been dredged for marl. Further reserves may be found in the low wooded area southeast of the lake.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - Both gastropod and plecypod shells are present in the marl in moderate numbers and Chara debris is common. Amabel dolomite is the bedrock. The marl is of fair quality. A 5-foot section averaged 87.0 CaCO3, 2.9% MgCO3, 0.34% Fe2O3, 2.9%MgCO3, 0.34% Fe2O3. The crude marl is 47.3% water, 870 pound of dry marl are contained in one cubic yard of the crude.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1900 | 1 | MDI | In operation 1900-1905. |
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV09.004 Page: 108 Date: 1998
Author: De Kalb C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - The limestones of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 51 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Cement industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV14-01.006 Page: 154-157,183 Date: 1998
Author: Gillespie P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Marl in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR028 Page: 58-60 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Quaternary Geology, Stratford Area
Publication Number: M2559 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1993
Author: Karrow P.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Ontario marl deposits
Publication Number: M2183 Scale: 1:1,013,760 Date: 1969
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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