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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30L14SE00002

Record: MDI30L14SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shisler Point Quarry - 1991, Sherkston Beach Ltd. - 1991, Empire Limestonre Co. - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Humberstone, Humberstone

Latitude: 42° 52' 16.22"    Longitude: -79° 8' 1.23"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 652440.6   Northing: 4748198.26    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30L14SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF ST. CATHERINES.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 0 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 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

Location:


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

Location:


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