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| Record Name(s) | Ridgemount Quarries - Quarries 2 & 3 - 1990, Ridgemount Quarries Ltd - 9999, Walker Industries Holdings Ltd - 1990, Campbell Quarry - 1990, Campbell Brothers Quarries Ltd - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone, Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Bertie, Bertie
Latitude: 42° 55' 33.22" Longitude: -79° 0' 25.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 662643.03 Northing: 4754512.36 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L14NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: At the intersection of Ridgemount Rd and Bridge St, Fort Erie.
1979: The three quarries were consolidated and reactivated by Ridgemount Quarries Ltd. 2023: The quarries are active across quarry licenses #11214 and #4459 and operated by Walker Aggregates Inc.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Appalachian Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: Late Silurian
Dec 06, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - A detailed study of the Ridgemount quarries is available from Cooper and Plewman (1983).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Article - "Optimum usage of stone resources, Ridgemount Quarry, Fort Erie, Ontario" In Proceedings of the 18th forum on the geology of industrial minerals, IGS Occasional Paper 37, 1983
Publication Number: OP37 Page: 231-244 Date: 1982
Author: Cooper, A.J., Plewman, R.
Publisher Name: Indiana Geological Survey
Location: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/28616
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of the City of Port Colborne and Town of Fort Erie, Regional Municipality of Niagara, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP117 Page: 22 Date: 1986
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section, Niagara District Office, MNR
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - BEST 1953, PHD U WISCON P51
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - GAC 1984, GUIDEBOOK 1, P16-17
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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: 79-81 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Map - Toronto-Hamilton, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 584A
Publication Number: GSC 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
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 114-116 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
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Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 285 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 128-130 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 60-61 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 57-58 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Welland-Fort Erie area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P0989 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Telford P.G., Tarrant G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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