Ontario Geological SurveyPermanent Link to this Record: MDI30L13NW00004
Primary Commodities: Gypsum
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.
PRODUCTION: 20,000 TONS BETWEEN 1875 AND 1895.
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 Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1 Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference Tabular 1.5 15 SALINA Rank: 1 Structure Type: None 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 Author: Publisher Name: Location: 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 Location: Mono - Gypsum in Ontario Publication Number: IMR018 Scale: Date: 1997 Author: Guillet G.R. Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines Location: 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 Location: 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 Location: Book - MINE SITE EXAMINATION;FINAL REPORT 1994 Publication Number: Report Scale: Date: Author: Patrick Chance and Associates Publisher Name: Location: Report an Error We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us. Terms of Use Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product. Ministry Contact Information For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Southern Ontario Resident Geologist District Office
Rank: 1 Structure Type: None
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
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
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
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
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
Book - MINE SITE EXAMINATION;FINAL REPORT 1994
Publication Number: Report Scale: Date:
Author: Patrick Chance and Associates
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Southern Ontario Resident Geologist District Office