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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M12NW00006

Record: MDI30M12NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Austin Corners Quarry - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Nov-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Esquesing

Latitude: 43° 41' 48.63"    Longitude: -79° 57' 22.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 584115.73   Northing: 4838731.92    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALTON HILLS.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Adjacent
Sandstone 2 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-C REGION 1985, INTERNAL REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 30-31  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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