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Record: MDI000000001874

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pickands Mather and Company - 1969
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2016-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-23
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (flux/filler)



Location

Township or Area: St. Edmunds

Latitude: 45° 13' 53.73"    Longitude: -81° 34' 31.98"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454821   Northing: 5008839    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41H04NE

Point Location Description: General point taken from lot/concession description

Location Method: Other Literature



Exploration History

01/01/69 Pickands Mather and Company of Cleveland, Ohio held a large area east of Highway 6, covering lots 35 and 36, concession I; lots 34-43, concession II; lots 34-44, concession III; lots 33-43, concession IV and parts of lot 35 and lot 36, concession V, E.B.R., St. Edmunds Township, for future production of flux stone. The area is accessible to lake transport and the rocks are suitable for excavation below the water level.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Guelph

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomitic Rock 1

Lithology Comments

Jan 07, 2016 (Scott Charbonneau) - Fine crystalline, yellowish grey to buff, sugary dolomite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment

Publication Number: IMR031 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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