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Record: MDI41H03SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bruce Peninsula Stone-Lindsay Tp Quarry - 9999, H.C.S.Aggregates Ltd-Miller Lake Quarry - 9999, Harold Sutherland Costruction Ltd - 9999, Lindsay Quarry - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2003-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-14
Created By M Barua
Revised By M Barua

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone), Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Lindsay

Latitude: 45° 3' 40.49"    Longitude: -81° 22' 16.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 470760.523   Northing: 4989821.124    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41H03SW

Point Location Description: Centre of property

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 3 km south of Miller Lake on the east side of HWY 6.



Exploration History

First noted by District Geologist in 2001 that Bruce Penisula Stone was quarrying building products from the H.C.S. Aggregates Ltd- Miller Lake Quarry property. H.C.S.Aggregates developed the Miller Lake Quarry in 1997 to produce construction aggregates.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Guelph Formation dolostone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Light grey to tan dolostone.




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Paleozoic geology, northern Bruce Peninsula, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFM0198 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1992

Author: Armstrong D.K., Dubord M.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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