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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M12NW00004

Record: MDI30M12NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hilltop Stone and Supply Quarry - 9999, Brockton Quarry - 1981, S. Skelin Quarry - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1981-Nov-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Esquesing

Latitude: 43° 37' 29.25"    Longitude: -79° 57' 17.56"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 584318.21   Northing: 4830731.13    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12NW

Point Location Description: Precise. Location of quarry.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10DolomiteEconomicOre
15FeldsparEconomicOre
20QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - MNR-CR 1985, Internal report

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Brampton area, Halton, Peel, and York counties

Publication Number: IMR023 Page: 5, 11  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Paleozoic geology, Brampton, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2337 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Bond I.J., Liberty B.A., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Depositional characteristics of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5363 Page: 82, 85  Date: 1983

Author: Martini I.P., Salas C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Depositional characteristics and resources potential of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5549 Page: 2,3,44,46,58,59  Date: 1985

Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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