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MDI30L14NE00005
| Record Name(s) | Port Colborne Quarry - 9999, Niagara Crushed Stone Ltd - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 2002-Feb-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-14 |
| Created By | M Barua |
| Revised By | M Barua |
Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Humberstone
Latitude: 42° 54' 31.8" Longitude: -79° 13' 24.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 645012.967 Northing: 4752221.688 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30L14NE
Point Location Description: Precise Lot 19-24, Con. II
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarry is located 2 km northeast of City of Port Colborne on Chippewa Road in Humberstone Twp.
The geographic township of Humberstone is now a part of Regional Municipality of Niagara; two quarries are loacted here , western one is depleted and the other one is extending eastward with a licensed area of 142.1 Ha.The quarry produces about 750,00-800,000 tonnes/year.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: LATE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Exposed face consists of 12.23 m of Upper Silurian Bertie Formation and 3.04 m of the Lower Devonian Bois Blanc Formation. The Bertie Fmn has three Members: Akron(Dolostone), Williamsville(Calcareous dolostone) and Scajacuanda(Calcareous dolostone) ant the Bois Blanc Fmn is mainly cherty limestone with some shaly zones.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 15 | UPPER SILURIAN | OGS MAP 2542 |
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Scale: 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
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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