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Record: MDI30L13NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A.W. Thompson - 1984, Excelsior - 1984, Alabastine Co. of Canada - 1984, Gill Allen & Brown - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gypsum



Location

Township or Area: Cayuga

Latitude: 42° 55' 38.33"    Longitude: -79° 49' 44.26"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 595562.36   Northing: 4753408.23    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30L13NW

Point Location Description: General, LOT: 2 CONC: JONES TRACT

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On E bank of Grand River, 4 km SE from Cayuga Municipal Hall.



Exploration History

PRODUCTION: 20,000 TONS BETWEEN 1875 AND 1895.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Salina

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: LATE SILURIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Adjacent
Gypsum 2 Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Evaporite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: None

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular 1.5 15 SALINA
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1984 0 MDI EXHAUSTED

References

Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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 - MINE SITE EXAMINATION;FINAL REPORT 1994

Publication Number: Report Scale:     Date:

Author: Patrick Chance and Associates

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