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| Record Name(s) | Caledonia # 1 Mine - 1990, Alabastine - 1990, Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Can - 1990, Ottawa Gypsum - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Seneca
Latitude: 43° 4' 56.9" Longitude: -79° 56' 56.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 585543.11 Northing: 4770509.21 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M04SW
Point Location Description: Precise, Con I W, Lot 8,9,10; Con I E, Lot 9,10
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Point under Admin.Bound. is the decline entrance. Info under Location Point Description is the site of the mining activity.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALDIMAND, PRODUCTION: OPENED IN 1905, CLOSED IN 1952 AND PRODUCED 4,000,000 TONNES OF GYPSUM 1905-1910 Alabastine Co of Paris,ON; prodution 60 tons/day from the upper gypsum bed 1910-1953 Production from Second Level; 1913-1916 Production from Third Level 1917 Formation of Ontario Gypsum co ; 1927 Formation of Canada Gypsum and Alabastine Ltd 1930 Name changed to Gypsum, Lime Alabastine, Canada Ltd.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: LATE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Ist Gypsum Bed at 15-20 m with thickness of 2.4 m ; probably belongs to Salina B Unit 2nd Gypsum Bed at 23-26m with thickness of 3.4 m, grey, massive, nodular and laminated. Referred as the Main Bed and may belong to B-Anhydrite Unit of Salina Fmn 3rd Gypsum Bed at 29-33 m with thickness of only 0.9 m; high quality gypsum and probably belongs to A-2 Unit of Salina Fmn.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | 2 | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Selenite | Economic | Ore |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | LATE SILURIAN | OGS MAP 2582 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia # 1 | 1952 | Exhausted | 4000000 |
Journal - Depositional setting of gypsum deposits, southwestern Ontario; the Domtar Mine; Economic Geology (1989) vol. 84, no. 4
Publication Number: EG V84 Page: 857-870 Date: 1989
Author: Haynes, S.J., Boland, R., Hughes-Pearl, J.
Publisher Name: Economic Geology; Society of Economic Geologists
Location: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.84.4.857
Publication - Gypsum in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and technology; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 245
Publication Number: CMB Pub 245 Page: 71-76 Date: 1913
Author: Cole, L H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20728
Part - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: ARV34-02.001 Page: 12-15 Date: 1998
Author: Cole G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 78-87 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:
Map - Bedrock topography series, Grimsby area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2401 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1981
Author: Feenstra B.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Gypsum deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MP140.319 Page: 217-230 Date: 1997
Author: Haynes S.J., Boland R., Hughes-Pearl J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gypsum deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5788 Date: 1991
Author: Haynes S.J., Hughes-Pearl J., Boland R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - FINAL REPORT ON MINE SITE EXAMINATION 1994
Publication Number: Report Date:
Author: Patrick Chance and Associates
Publisher Name:
Location: MMIC
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