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| Record Name(s) | Cohoon Quarry - 1981, Century Quarries - 1981, C. Sheppard - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Esquesing
Latitude: 43° 37' 45.31" Longitude: -79° 58' 51.66"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 582203.19 Northing: 4831200.64 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12NW
Point Location Description: Not sure on precision of point. Based on property descr. in MP101 and aerial imagery of flooded pit.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Immediately north of the Rice & McHarg Ltd operation.
TOWNSHIP: formerly Halton township. Property has been rehabilitated through the construction of ponds with retaining walls.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Thinnly Bedded | Is |
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Dec 05, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - The stone is thin-bedded, fine-grained, grey and buff Medina sandstone. Bedding is even and regular and clay overburden is less than 2 m thick.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Dec 05, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - 2-3 m of overburden must be removed. Field investigations indicate reserves extend northward into adjacent properties with overburden of about 3-6 m, of which about 4 m is gravel and sand.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| 2 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1981
Publication Number: MP101 Page: 168 Date: 1982
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
FIle - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
FIle - RGP Deposit File
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name: RGP Southern Ontario deposit library
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 19, 21, 24 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Brampton area, Halton, Peel, and York counties
Publication Number: IMR023 Page: 11 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 25,26,29 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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