Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI30M12NW00013
| Record Name(s) | Smithson Quarry 1 - 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-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Chinguacousy
Latitude: 43° 43' 35.75" Longitude: -79° 57' 9.78"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 584349.71 Northing: 4842040.09 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
TOWNSHIP: Now part of the Town of Halton Hills.
Dec 05, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - About 2 metres of thin to medium bedded, fine-grained, grey and red Medina sandstone is exposed in the quarry. Geological investigations indicate additional resources west of this area with moderate overburden cover. Bedding is irregular.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 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 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Article - 1981 report of the Central Regional Geologist
Publication Number: MP101.012 Page: 168-169 Date: 1997
Author: Narain M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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FIle - RGP deposit files
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name: SO RGP deposit library
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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 20-21, 31-32 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, 13 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Bolton area, Ontario
Publication Number: IMR030 Page: 15-17 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., White O.L.
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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