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| Record Name(s) | Lafarge Canada-Dundas Quarry - 9999, Steetley Lime - Dundas Quarry - 1982, Canada Crushed Stone - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Secondary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: West Flamborough
Latitude: 43° 17' 53.83" Longitude: -79° 59' 22.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 581960.089 Northing: 4794435.419 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M05SW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 10-11 CONC: 2, LOT: 10-12 CONC: 3, LOT: 7-10 CONC: 4
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located north of Town of Dundas is present extraction is from northn side of HWY 5.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF FLAMBOROUGH. This is the third largest quarry in Canada in 2001 producing 4.8 million tonnes.
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 21 m section at this quarry consists of 7 m of Guelph Fm Dolostone- brown-grey, v.fine crystalline, med-bedded; 7 m of Lockport Fm (Eramosa Member) dolostone, med-brown, v.fine crystalline, med to thick bedded, abundant shaly partings in the lower part, transitional characteristics; 6 m of Lockport Fm (Eramosa Member) dolostone, med brown, thin bedded, laminations and bituminous banding, vugs filled with gypsum, calcite and chert common.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 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 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
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: 19, 20, 37 Date: 1984
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 42, 204-308 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Toronto-Hamilton area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 224
Publication Number: GSC Mem 224 Page: 63 Date: 1940
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101603
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 143 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Book - IGC 1972, GUIDEBOOK A45-C45,P61-62
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - MICH GEO SOC 1972, FIELD GUIDE. P21
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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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
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 71-74 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:
File - Resident Geologist files, property report 1990
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
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Location: Tweed RGP
File - Resident Geologist file, company file
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
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Location: Tweed RGP
Book - NAGT FIELD TRIP GUIDE. P24-27
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 106-111 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: 44 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Hamilton area
Publication Number: IMR027 Page: 22 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 47-48 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Compend - 19th Forum on the geology of industrial minerals, guidebook for field trips
Publication Number: MP111 Page: 28-30 Date: 1983
Author: Yundt S.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Structural industrial minerals in Ontario
Publication Number: MP114.004 Page: 26-28 Date: 1997
Author: Scott D.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - 2001 CIM TORONTO BRANCH FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK 'STONE TO STEEL'
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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