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| Record Name(s) | Rice and McHarg Quarry - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1981-Nov-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Esquesing
Latitude: 43° 37' 38.32" Longitude: -79° 58' 34.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 582580.8 Northing: 4830989.57 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12NW
Point Location Description: Precise location of main quarry.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Township: Now part of the town of Halton Hills. 1953: Opened by J. Rice. 2022: Still active using manual extraction methods.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Appalachian Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolostone | 2 | Adjacent |
Oct 31, 2022 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - "Flat lying to gently dipping beds of sandstone varying from 2 to 4 feet in thickness and reaching a maximum thickness of 6 feet." - MP101. Sandstone is yellow to pale blue, with attractive millimetre-scale laminations and occasional ripples on top of beds.
| 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) - The stone has good splitting qualities. Investigations indicate that reserves would extend into fields east and south of the original operation where overburden is not as thick as in the west. ASTM test results in Hewitt (1964).
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| 2 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
Date: Sep 30, 2022
Geologist: Mateo Dorado-Troughton
Notes: Visited by SO Resident Geologist staff with ERGMS' Aggregate - Industrial Mineral Geologist. The quarry has been operated by J Rice and his brother since at least the '80s. They quarry Whirlpool sandstone and split the stone manually. Production is winding down and the quarry will likely close within the year. See property examination in OFR6404 for a full write-up.*
Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Mono - Report of Activities 2022, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts
Publication Number: OFR6404.01 Page: 31 Date:
Author: Mancini L.A., Dorado-Troughton M., Swiercz J., LeBaron P.S., Hinz S.L.K., Dorland G.
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Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 19, 21, 23-25 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: 5, 12 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment
Publication Number: IMR031 Page: 15 Date: 1997
Author: Vos M.A.
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: 72-82 Date: 1983
Author: Martini I.P., Salas C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 25-29 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
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: 2,3,44,45,58,59 Date: 1985
Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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