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Record: MDI30L14NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cons. 32261 Wainfleet 13-2 - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gypsum



Location

Township or Area: Wainfleet

Latitude: 42° 54' 6.22"    Longitude: -79° 20' 46.26"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 635015.82   Northing: 4751228.5    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30L14NW

Point Location Description: Precise, Drill hole located west of Wainfleet Marsh and 8 km NW of Port Colborne Town Hall

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

DISTRIBUTION: LOCALLY ABUNDANT GYPSUM IN THE SALINA CandD LAYERS BETWEEN 51.3 ND 75.23M.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Salina



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GypsumEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Lithologies of the Salina Group, Niagara Peninsula area: Core log data file

Publication Number: MNR OFR Page: 4-9  Date: 1996

Author: Haynes, S.J.

Publisher Name: Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum Resources Section

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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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File - MNR Petroleum Resources Well Card 1974

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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