Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Crown Gypsum - 1981, Kerr - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jul-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Seneca, Seneca
Latitude: 43° 0' 59.46" Longitude: -79° 49' 21.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 595932.35 Northing: 4763321.36 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M04SW
Point Location Description: Lot 5,6 of Young Tract
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Adjacent to north east side of CNR tracks approximately 3.4 km SW of Empire Corners; about 2.8 km W of Hwy 56 on Seneca Concesiion II/III Road. Needs checking on ground.
1913: Crown Gypsum Company sunk an exploration shaft
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | 2 | Is |
Nov 23, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - 0.9 m thick pink gypsum bed was intersected by a 25 m long exploratory decline within bedrock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Gypsum in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and technology; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 245
Publication Number: CMB Pub 245 Page: 67 Date: 1913
Author: Cole, L H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20728
File - Resident Geologist files Property Report
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 100-101 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Paleozoic geology, Grimsby, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2343 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Liberty B.A., Feenstra B.H., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1994, final report mine site examination
Publication Number: Date:
Author: P.Chance and Associates
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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