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Record: MDI30M04SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alabastine Company - 1990, Garland-Mutchmore - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Dec-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gypsum



Location

Township or Area: Oneida

Latitude: 43° 2' 11.71"    Longitude: -79° 58' 9.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 583965.21   Northing: 4765393.11    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M04SW

Point Location Description: Midway between decline entrance and air shaft

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Just north of the Concession Rd VI at 1.15 km E of HWY 6.



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALDIMAND.This site may be the original site of decline driven by Garland from the Mackenzie Creek in Lot 13, ConcessionVI. Due to the collapse of this decline another decline was driven in Lot 13, Conceeion V (Garland-Carson Mine). No production data.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Salina



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - One gypsum bed , 1.4 m thick- similar geology to Garland-Carson Mine.




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

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1990 0 MDI EXHAUSTED

References

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


Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 224

Publication Number: GSC Mem 224 Page: 109  Date: 1940

Author: Caley, J F

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

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Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Page: 47  Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gypsum in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 98  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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Book - FINAL REPORT; MINE SITE EXAMINATION 1994

Publication Number: Report Date:

Author: Patrick Chance and Associates

Publisher Name:

Location: MMIC


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