Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | William R Barnes Co.-Halton Hills Quarry - 1981, D. Handy Quarry - 1969, Inglewood Quarry - 1964, Brown Farm - 1964 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Esquesing
Latitude: 43° 37' 8.84" Longitude: -79° 58' 12.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 583089 Northing: 4830086 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M12SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF HALTON HILLS.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - There are two quarry openings about 300 feet apart at this site. Seven to nine feet of grey and buff, fine grained, medium bedded, irregularly bedded Whirlpool sandstone is exposed. The rock displays irregular bedding and crossbedding.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone was quarried for coursing stone and silica for rock wool circa 1981.
Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT
Publication Number: Scale: Date: 1985
Author:
Publisher Name: MNR
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Scale: 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 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Burleigh Falls-Peterborough area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2337 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1980
Author: Carson D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Depositional characteristics of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5363 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martini I.P., Salas C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Depositional characteristics and resources potential of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5549 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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