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| Record Name(s) | Dunhams Quarry - 1990, Dunham's Quarry - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Elizabethtown
Latitude: 44° 37' 17.39" Longitude: -75° 39' 20.25"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 447987.747 Northing: 4941113.936 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12SE
Point Location Description: Point 3.25 km SE of Rows Corners.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Immediately S of the rail line, from which a spur formerly extended into the quarry.
Pre-1912 : quarrying in the area was being carried out prior to 1863, but there was no production in 1912. Some of the output from this quarry was used for architectural purposes, but the great bulk of production went into railway bridges, etc. The quarry was nearly a 1/4 ml long and 50-100 ft wide with a depth of 40 ft in places.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - March Formation calcareous sandstone and dolostone, thin and medium-bedded with some crystal-lined cavities. Strong joints 6-8 ft apart with infrequent and irregular cross joints. Considerable waste in production of large stone blocks. Sample # 45 (1918) is probably from this quarry, on the S side of the Prescott road. # 46 (1918) is from an opening on an (unknown) adjoining lot - the G. Sherwood farm, on the N side of the Prescott road; from a slightly higher stratigraphic level.
Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863
Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 816 Date: 1863
Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 57 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 172-173 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
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: 26-27 Date: 1918
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307707
File - Resident Geologist 1985 Building Stone Inventory # E204.0 (Deposit 3)
Publication Number: Bld St Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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