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Record: MDI30M12NW00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Georgetown Quarry - 9999, Limehouse Crushed Stone and Gravel Ltd - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 2004-Mar-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Esquesing

Latitude: 43° 40' 31.29"    Longitude: -79° 58' 48.48"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 582211.639   Northing: 4836321.854    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12NW

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Located 6 km NW of Georgetown, on the eastern side of HWY 7 at the hamlet of Silver Creek.



Exploration History

The quarry was opened in the 1950's to supply the local market with crushed stone and it became inactive by 1960. This unlicenced quarry is presently owned by B.Pattison.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - 5.6 m of white to grey dolostone of Middle Silurian Amabel Formation , medium-bedded( 10-25 cm), coarse crystalline with sharp, stylolitic contacts and some shale partings, fossiliferous with abundant crinoidal debris are exposed at this quarry.




Mineral Record Details

References

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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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 121  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of the Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, southern Ontario

Publication Number: ARIP046 Date: 1983

Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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