Mineral Deposit Inventory for Ontario

Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31F01NW00020

Deposit: MDI31F01NW00020

General

Mineral Deposit Identification
Deposit Name(s) Beckwith Quarry - 1989
Related Deposit Type None
Deposit Status past producing mine without reserves
Abandoned Mine Inventory Reference 07344
Date Created 1991-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2015-Sep-04
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: limestone (crushed stones)

Location

Township or Area: Beckwith

Latitude: 45° 7' 48.11"    Longitude: -76° 7' 13.55"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 411893   Northing: 4998006    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southeastern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NW

Point Location Description: Point 4.0 km north of Blacks Corners.

Location Method: amis site visit

Geology

Province: Paleozoic And Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic   

Rock Formation Name: March

Mineral Deposit Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
limestone 1 is

Mineral Deposit Details

Deposit Classification
Rank Classification            
1 industrial
Deposit Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 stratiform

References

Book - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Vol 1, Geology, Properties and Economics, p.144

Publication Number: N/A    Date: 1989

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl and MNDM

Publisher Name: MNDM


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