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MDI30M12SW00027
| Record Name(s) | Campbellville Quarry - 9999, Cloverleaf Quarries Ltd - 9999, Fermar Paving Ltd. - 9999 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2002-Jun-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-14 |
| Created By | M Barua |
| Revised By | M Barua |
Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Nassagaweya
Latitude: 43° 30' 10.78" Longitude: -79° 59' 16.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 581811.699 Northing: 4817171.456 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12SW
Point Location Description: Abandoned quarry
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located 2.5 km north of Cambellville on an Ontario Hydro maintenance road.
The quarry was opened in late 1950's and early 1960's by Cloverleaf qarries Ltd to supply crushed stone for the construction of Hwy 401. The quarry is inactive since then is currently owned by Fermar Paving Limited of Rexdale, Ontario.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: MID. SILURIAN
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The partially water-filled quarry exposes 9.7 m of light grey-brown, med to coarse crystalline, massive-bedded dolostoe of Amabel Formation of Middle Silurian age. The beds have ocasionally sharp stylolitic contacts with irregular shale partings, sparsely fossiliferous but with abundant crinoidal debris.
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
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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