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Record: MDI31B12NW00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Athens Quarry #2 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Yonge

Latitude: 44° 37' 37.94"    Longitude: -75° 58' 12.07"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 423053.468   Northing: 4941996.495    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B12NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.4 km west of Athens. (MDI31B12NW00005 has been deleted and references combined with this one. It seems to be the same quarry.).



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - March Formation - complete section is 6.7 m thick.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - South Leeds planning area: Front of Leeds and Lansdowne, Front of Yonge, Front of Escott, and Rear of Yonge and Escott townships

Publication Number: OFR5145 Scale:     Date: 1975

Author: Fraser J.Z.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Preliminary report on the Paleozoic geology of the southern portion of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5385 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

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

Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale:     Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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