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| Record Name(s) | Old Nelson Quarry - 1982, Old Kerns - 1982, Old Nelson Crushed Stone Quarry - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Nelson
Latitude: 43° 21' 7.11" Longitude: -79° 51' 54.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 591970.161 Northing: 4800527.617 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment overlooking the city of Burlington, 3km northeast of Waterdown.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF BURLINGTON MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIP.
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 is of considerable geological significance as it is the most southerly exposure of the reefal, irregular-bedded to massive Amabel Formation into well-bedded Lockport Formation to the south in the Niagara Penisula. The quarry exposes 15.65 m of Middle Silurian section consisting of 2 m of Reynales Fm dolostone, followed by 1.2 m of Irondequoit Fm dolostone, overlain by 0.45 m of shaly dolostone and shale of Rochester Fm and finally by 12 m ( 3 units) of Amabel Fm. Irondequoit Limestone and Rochester Shale have their most northern outcrop at this location. They seems to pinch out against Amabel Dolomite which rests directly on Reynales Dolomite north of here.
| 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, Hamilton, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2336 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Liberty B.A., Bond I.J., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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: 138 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: 67-69 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:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 113 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 45-46 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Hamilton area
Publication Number: IMR027 Page: 21 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment
Publication Number: IMR031 Page: 35 Date: 1997
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 55 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of City of Burlington, Regional Municipality of Halton, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP045 Page: 18 Date: 1982
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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