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Record: MDI30M12NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) New Smithson Quarry - 1981, Glen William - 1981, Hugh Logan - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Nov-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Esquesing

Latitude: 43° 40' 34.71"    Longitude: -79° 58' 21.94"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 582804.67   Northing: 4836434.87    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 Is
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

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 148-161  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


Book - MNR-C REGION 1985, INTERNAL REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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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: 82, 83, 86  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: 30  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: 2,3,44-59  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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