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| Record Name(s) | Oneida Lime Quarry - 1912 |
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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 (Silica)
Township or Area: Oneida
Latitude: 42° 56' 25.28" Longitude: -79° 56' 43.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 586047 Northing: 4754731 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L13NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
1912-18: Onieda Lime Company – quarry in operation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 2 | Is |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Fifteen feet of sandstone in beds ranging from 2 to 6 feet were exposed. The stone was soft and rapidly disintegrated. The decomposed material was screened and washed for use in steel moulds and acid hearth work. The decomposed material ran 99% silica. The stone is buff to grey, medium-grained, thin to thick bedded, and in places rusty stained. Because of a variable content of calcium and magnesium carbonates up to about 6 percent, acting as a natural cement for the subrounded quartz grains, the stone varies from compact to friable.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Oneida Lime Company, Pilkington Brothers and Consolidated Plate Glass Company collaborated in producing glass and foundry sand from the site. All three companies operated quarries in the same vicinity.
Book - Silica in Canada pt. 1 Eastern Canada, p. 38-39, 75, 76
Publication Number: No.555 Date: 1923
Author: L.H. Cole
Publisher Name: DEMR
Location:
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 166 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR002 Page: 14 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 137-139 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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