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| Record Name(s) | Clappisons Corners - 1990, Clappisons Quarry - 1990, King City Sand & Crushed Stone - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: East Flamborough
Latitude: 43° 18' 50.96" Longitude: -79° 54' 27.71"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 588577.161 Northing: 4796281.513 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located on the top of the escarpment just east of HWY 6 at Clappisons.
NOW PART OF FLAMBOROUGH MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIP, Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The quarry exposes 9.68 m of Middle Silurian section consisting from bottom Reynales Fm (2.05 m), Irondequoit Fm (1.52 m), Rochester Fm (0.83 m), Lockport Fm-Gasport Member(4.03 m) and Goat Island Member(1.25 m). The Reynales Fm is grey-brown, fine to medium crystalline interbedded dolostone and shales.The Irondeuoit Fm is a crinoidal, dolomitic limestone, brown-buff and fairly massive. The Rochester Fm is an argillaceous dolostone with interbedded shale . The Gasport Member is brown to buff , med .to coarse crystalline, thin-bedded, fossiliferous dolostone and the Goat Island Member is grey to buff, coarse crystalline and fossilifeous dolostone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolostone | 2 | Is |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
Map - Paleozoic geology, Hamilton, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2336 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Liberty B.A., Bond I.J., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP050 Page: 21, 37 Date: 1984
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 302 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC MR 39 Page: 140-142 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 142 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:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 70-71 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: 112-113 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: 45 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Bolton area, Ontario
Publication Number: IMR030 Page: 11-12, 22 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., White O.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment
Publication Number: IMR031 Page: 35 Date: 1997
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 47 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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