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Record: MDI000000000098

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Parnell Quarry - 1998
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2006-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Granite



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 41' 41.55"    Longitude: -78° 26' 9.37"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 703158   Northing: 4952254    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NW

Point Location Description: Centre of aggregate permit area, located on claim map.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to property is via road named Fire Access Road, which is located on Hwy 507, approximately 10 km north of its intersection with Hwy 36. From Hwy 507, Fire Access Road is followed west for approximately 10 km.



Exploration History

Pre-1998, Mr. Jeff Parnell obtained an Aggregate Permit to extract limestone. 1998: carried out line-cutting and geological mapping of the property. 2002: Parnell Quarries carried out mechanical trenching and mapping program. 2003: 1447136 Ontario Inc. carried out mechanical stripping, trenching, mapping, and bulk sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.21877 31D09NW2013 31D09NW2013
2.19061 31D09NW2001 31D09NW2001
2.27048 31D09NW2029 31D09NW2029
2.22804 31D09NW2015 31D09NW2015
20000000315 20000000315 20000000315

Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Massive

References

Mono - Report of Activities 2002, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre

Publication Number: OFR6115 Scale:     Date: 2003

Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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