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| Record Name(s) | Lincoln Quarry - 9999, Beamsville - 1982, Nelson Aggregates - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Clinton
Latitude: 43° 6' 38.66" Longitude: -79° 29' 29.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 622735.496 Northing: 4774216.732 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M03SW
Point Location Description: Precise Lot 22 , Concession IX, Clinton Township, Regional Municipality of Niagara
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is located 6 km south of Beamsville.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN; the lincense area covers an area of 44.53 Ha.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The quarry exposes a total of 19.16 m of Lockport Formation consisting of Eramosa( 8.3 m), Goat Island(3.83 m) and Gasport Members(2.5 m) The Eramosa member is brown, fine crystalline, medium-bedded bituminous dolostone with large vugs (upto 1.5 m) lined with calcite crystals.The Goat Island Member is a fine to medium-crystalline, thin to massive-bedded brown dolostone, bituminous and richly fossiliferous. Gypsum, sphalerite, calcite, dolomite and chert mineralisation are abundant. The Gaspot Member , present in the sump, is a light brown-buff, fine crystalline dolostone with sphalerite, gypsum, calcite mineralisation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Contains |
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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 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1986 | 5000000 |
Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863
Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 324-325 Date: 1863
Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563
File - Resident Geologist files, property report
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - Notes on zinc-lead mineralization in Silurian dolomite of the Niagara Escarpment and Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Publication Number: MP008 Page: 5-7 Date: 1967
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on copper, nickel, lead, and zinc deposits of Ontario (second edition, May, 1952)
Publication Number: PR1952-04 Page: 15 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E., Chisholm E.O., Greer W.L.C., Hogg N., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 196 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Paleozoic geology, Niagara, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2344 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Liberty B.A., Feenstra B.H., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Thesis - The Nature and Origin of Lead-Zinc Mineralization, Middle Silurian Dolomites, Southern Ontario
Publication Number: MSc thesis Date: 1985
Author: Tworo, A.G.
Publisher Name: University of Waterloo
Location: Tweed RGP
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 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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