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Record: MDI31B12SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mrs Gillerain - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Nov-26
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone), Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Elizabethtown

Latitude: 44° 36' 27.1"    Longitude: -75° 40' 24.6"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 446556.765   Northing: 4939573.867    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B12SE

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol at E end of Brockville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Pre-1912 : no regular production in 1912. Possibly used, like that at Dunham's Quarry, in bridges etc.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mostly thin-bedded limestone and dolostone with shaley partings - March Formation. The stone is ' practically identical ' with that in ' Dunhams Quarry ' ( lot 2, con 1) - see MDI31B12SE00004.




Mineral Record Details

References

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:


File - Resident Geologist 1985 Building Stone Inventory # E203.0 (Deposit 4)

Publication Number: Bld St Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 273  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


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