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Record: MDI30M13SW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McAlpine Quarry - 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-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Caledon

Latitude: 43° 47' 36.48"    Longitude: -79° 57' 23.85"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 583941.6   Northing: 4849463.2    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M13SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF CALEDON.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15DolomiteEconomicOre
20FeldsparEconomicOre
25QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

Book - MNR-CR 1985, INTERNAL REPORT

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., White O.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment

Publication Number: IMR031 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Paleozoic geology, Bolton, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2338 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Bond I.J., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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