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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M03NE00005

Record: MDI30M03NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Niagara Cut Stone - 1981, Peninsula Quarry - 1981, Thorold - 1841, Walker Brothers - 1887
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Dec-17
Date Last Modified 2022-May-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone

Secondary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Thorold, Thorold, Stamford

Latitude: 43° 7' 57.42"    Longitude: -79° 10' 35.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 648316.78   Northing: 4777155.91    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M03NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Part of the contiguous Walker Brothers Quarry.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 278-279  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 89-92  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:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 95-96  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 43  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 1, introduction

Publication Number: IMR014 Page: 7, 34  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 2, limestone

Publication Number: IMR015 Page: 7-10  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 56  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Heavy mineral indicators, Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowlands

Publication Number: M2334 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1975

Author: Wolfe W.J., Lee H.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 23  Date: 1983

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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