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| Record Name(s) | Cayuga - 1984, Cayuga Gypsum Company - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Cayuga
Latitude: 42° 58' 23.25" Longitude: -79° 50' 17.42"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 594740.35 Northing: 4758485.29 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L13NW
Point Location Description: Abandoned Mine shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 112 m S of Township Boundary and 300 m W of Brooks Rd (Country Rd 28).
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALDIMAND, OPERATION: OPERATED BETWEEN 1942 AND 1949.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: LATE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - In the shaft, one white gypsum bed (0.9m thick) was encountered at a depth of 26 m ; this bed may be a part of the Salina E Unit.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mudstone | 1 | Shale | Hanging Wall |
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| Gypsum | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Selenite | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1949 | 10300 | 1946-50 ODM ANNUAL REPORT CITES REMOVAL OF APPROXIMATELY 10300 TONS OF GYPSUM |
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT. 1988/89
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
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Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Dunnville area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P0988 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Telford P.G., Tarrant G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Bedrock topography series, Dunnville area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2402 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1981
Author: Feenstra B.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - SITE EXAMINATION OF MININING REALED FEATURES(FINAL REPORT), 1994
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Author: Patrick Chance and Associates
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Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC
Book - ODM AR 54,PART 2,1945 P100
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Book - ODM AR 56, PART 2, 1946, P93-94
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Book - ODM AR 57, 1948, PART 2, P97
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Book - ODM AR 58, PART 2, 1949, P85
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Book - ODM AR 59, 1950 PART 2, P 83
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