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| Record Name(s) | East Onieda Quarry - 1983, North Cayuga Twp Quarry - 1962, Cayuga Materials & Construction Quarry - 1962, Nelles Corners - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Cayuga
Latitude: 42° 56' 7.59" Longitude: -79° 55' 51.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 587225 Northing: 4754200.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L13NW
Point Location Description: LOT: 44, 46, 47 CONC: 1N
Location Method: Data Compilation
Circa 1880: stone quarried for local construction. 1962: Cayuga Quarries Limited – quarry commenced operation. 1983: Nelson Aggregate Co. – quarry closed
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Footwall |
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| Sandstone | 2 | Is |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Six feet of Oriskany sandstone was exposed. The sandstone is grey to brown, medium- to fine-grained and thickly bedded. The sandstone is underlain by brown Bertie-Akron dolomite and is overlain by grey, cherty Bois Blanc Limestone (Bertie Fm). The quarry exposes 18.8 m of Upper Silurian to Lower Devonian strata, which includes 12.2 m of Bertie Formation, 2.2 m of the Oriskany Formation and 4.4 m of the Bois Blanc Formation
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The Presbyterian church in Caledonia is believed to have been constructed from sandstone from this quarry location.
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 167 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Mono - Ontario and the mineral filler industry
Publication Number: IMBP005 Page: 99-100 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R., Kriens J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Location:
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Page: 27-28 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 98-99 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 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
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