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Record: MDI31B12SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sherwood Springs Quarry - 1991, William Clow - 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-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Yonge

Latitude: 44° 31' .34"    Longitude: -75° 47' 43.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 436773.957   Northing: 4929578.659    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B12SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: This quarry is located at the eastern junction of Highway 401 and the Thousand Islands Parkway, 1 km south of the hamlet of Sherwood Springs.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - March Formation: total thickness 4.5 m. Unit 3: March Formation - Dolostone 1.5m. Unit 2: March Formation - Sandstone 1.5 m. Unit 1: March Formation - Dolostone 1.5 m.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1

Publication Number: OFR5265 Scale:     Date: 1979

Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 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 - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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