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Record: MDI30L14NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ridgemount Quarry 1 - 1991, Walker Industries Holdings - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2024-Feb-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux), Dolomite (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Bertie, Bertie

Latitude: 42° 54' 48.21"    Longitude: -79° 0' 23.22"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 662721.5   Northing: 4753125.25    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30L14NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

2023: active under quarry license #4459.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Appalachian Basin

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is
Dolostone 2 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

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Book - BEST 1953, PHD U OF WIS. P49-51

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 87-91  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Book - GAC-MAC 1984, GUIDEBOOK 1, P18-19

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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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


Book - IGC 24 1972, GUIDEBOOK A45-C45, P65

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 112-114  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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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

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Book - NAGT 1985, OAGEE CONF. GUIDE. P10

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Book - NYGA 1982, AM54 GUIDEBOOK, P87-91

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 130130  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: 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: 62-63  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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Book - USGS 1976, PROF. PAPER 869, P143

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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