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Record: MDI30L13NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pilkington Brothers Quarry - 1912
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Dec-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica)



Location

Township or Area: Cayuga, Cayuga

Latitude: 42° 57' 38.76"    Longitude: -79° 56' 6.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 586849   Northing: 4757008    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30L13NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Silica in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and uses, part 1 Eastern Ontario, p. 38-40

Publication Number: No. 555 Date: 1923

Author: L. H. Cole

Publisher Name: DEMR

Location:


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: 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  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: 139  Date: 1983

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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