Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | John Brown - 1981, Merritt - 1981 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1981-Aug-10 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Cayuga
Latitude: 42° 55' 20.64" Longitude: -79° 48' 5.65"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 597805.38 Northing: 4752894.26 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L13NW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 2 CONC: HUFF TRACT, LOT: 3,1 CONC: HUFF TRACT
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Mine entrance is a 100 feet long horizontal tunnel driven from the north bank of Grand River.
PRODUCTION: 56,000 TONS BETWEEN 1850 AND 1893, PRODUCTION: APPROX. 600 TONS BETWEEN 1890 AND 1895.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - 1.2 m of fair grade gypsum encoutered at a depth of 10 m.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gypsum | 1 | Is |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Dolomite | Economic | Gangue |
Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 224
Publication Number: GSC Mem 224 Page: 109 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Page: 47 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 97 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 - 1994, FINAL REPORT OF MINE SITE EXAMINATIONS
Publication Number: Report Date:
Author: Patrick Chance and Associates
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Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC
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