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Record: MDI30N14SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Salmon Point Fossils - 1994
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-May-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Hallowell

Latitude: 43° 52' 24.22"    Longitude: -77° 13' 26.03"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 321320.486   Northing: 4860215.139    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30N14SE

Point Location Description: Lots 21 to 27 [ inc.] , Conc. 1 S of East Lake. Point 2.0 Km. SW of Salmon Point village.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Picton, travel south on Hwy. 10 for approximately 5.5 Km. .At Cherry Valley travel west on County Road 18 for approximately 5.5Km. and collect for the next 1.5 Km..



Exploration History

NOTE: FOSSIL COLLECTING SITE.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Fossiliferous Ordovician limestone.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - 200 Mineral Locations in Southern Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 74  Date: 1972

Author: Leach, H.

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