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Record: MDI31B12NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) North-East Maitland - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Augusta

Latitude: 44° 41' 37.21"    Longitude: -75° 34' 57.81"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 453828.248   Northing: 4949086.967    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B12NE

Point Location Description: Dugout symbol 2.25 Km. NW of Blue Church.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - March Formation limestone and dolomite, dark to light brown, fine-grained. Beds 1 inch to 1foot; dolomite and sandy dolomite overlain by beds of magnesian limestone. Weathers drab colour. There may be some stone good enough to get building blocks out of this area.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31, 1917; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 493

Publication Number: CMB Pub 493 Page: 30  Date: 1918

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307707


Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 81  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 47  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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