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| Record Name(s) | Caledonia Gypsum Co. - 1990, Old - 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-Mar-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Seneca
Latitude: 43° 5' 18.91" Longitude: -79° 58' 11.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 583844.08 Northing: 4771167.2 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M04SW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 10 CONC: RANGE 2 WEST
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located about 1.2 km NW of Caledonia and N of CNR track and E of Old HWY 6.
PRODUCTION: UNKNOWN TONNAGE BETWEEN 1910 AND 1911.Mined through an incline and abandoned in in 1911 due to a fie destroyning the crushing plant at the site.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Low grade lenticular gypsum bed occurs at a depth of 22 m (vertical depth 16 m).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gypsum | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1990 | 0 | MDI | UNCLASSIFIED BUT EXISTING |
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Scale: 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:
Publication - Gypsum in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and technology; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 245
Publication Number: CMB 245 Scale: Date: 1913
Author: Cole, L H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20728
Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Grimsby area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P0993 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Feenstra B.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - FINAL REPORT, MINE SITE EXAMINATION, 1994
Publication Number: Report Scale: Date:
Author: Patrick Chance and Associates
Publisher Name:
Location: MMIC
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