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Record: MDI31C06SW00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C. MacLean - 2004
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-14
Created By D Laidlaw
Revised By D Laidlaw

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Thurlow

Latitude: 44° 19' 38.38"    Longitude: -77° 19' 36.63"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 314474.976   Northing: 4910862.717    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C06SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Turn onto Leslie Road from Hwy 37. This road is south of Roslin. Drive east on Leslie to the end. The fossilized outcrops are located south of the house and barn on the banks of the Moira River.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - This area shows extensive karst topography. An opening to the Moira River cave system is located across the river at this location. The outcrops at the rivers edge exhibit pot hole features, as well, there are fairly well preserved fossil remnants of orthoconic nautiloids (Cephalopods). Some of the fossils are approximately 15 cm long.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Kaladar-Tweed area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2411 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1981

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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