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| Record Name(s) | Dufferin Aggregates Cayuga Quarry - 1990, Decewville Quarry - 1989, Cayuga Materials and Construction Co. Cayuga Quarry - 1972 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone, Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Secondary Commodities: Sandstone, Shale (Structural Material), Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Cayuga, Cayuga, Cayuga
Latitude: 42° 56' 43.76" Longitude: -79° 55' 50.62"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 587232 Northing: 4755316 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L13NW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 44, 46, 47 CONC: 1N
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the site is via highway 3 from the town of Cayuga
1957-present: site in production
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Sandstone | 2 | Is | ||
| Limestone | 3 | Is |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Bois Blanc cherty limestone overlies Bertie dolomite in the quarry face. Selective quarrying is applied. Oriskany sandstone is quarried separately and sold for use in cement production. Shaly dolomite is stripped to prepare for mining 12-15 feet of brown dolomite.
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is used aas crushed stone, armour stone and gabion stone.
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of the Town of Haldimand, Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP064 Page: 18 Date: 1985
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Thesis - Pre-Hamilton Devonian stratigraphy of southwestern Ontario, unpublished PhD thesis, p. 25,70
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 25, 70 Date: 1953
Author: Best, E.W.
Publisher Name: University of Wisconsin
Location:
Book - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario p. 81
Publication Number: Memoir 224 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Map - Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 584A Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1941
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/261336
Publication - Devonian conodonts and stratigraphy of southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 332
Publication Number: GSC Bull 332 Page: 43 Date: 1982
Author: Uyeno, T T; Telford, P G; Sanford, B V
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119432
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 148 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 99-102 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 234-235 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 58-59 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:
Book - USGS 1976, PROF PAPER 869, P133
Publication Number: Paper 869 Date: 1976
Author:
Publisher Name: USGS
Location:
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