Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31B13SE00027
| Record Name(s) | Local Dolomite - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Edwardsburgh
Latitude: 44° 48' 30.17" Longitude: -75° 34' 16.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 454827.653 Northing: 4961823.009 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B13SE
Point Location Description: Point 5.2 km N of Domville, lot 34/35.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
The dolomite on lots 19 and 20 was quarried to some extent since it is said to have been sold for $1.25 per cord in 1917. That on lots 34 and 35 was also worked, but only a 'small amount'.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - On lots 19 and 20, con 5, is found siliceous dolomite (dark grey, fine-grained and fairly tough) - exposure # 155. On lot 35 - exposure # 175 - is 11/2 ft of light grey siliceous magnesian limestone (in a low, wet place). Both form part of the Beekmantown Formation (1917). It is also reported (1922) that the flat-lying dolomite on lots 34 and 35 was quarried, to a small degree, for local use.
Publication - Report on structural materials along the St. Lawrence River, between. Prescott, Ont., and Lachine, Que.; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 549
Publication Number: CMB Pub 549 Page: 54 Date: 1922
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307750
Publication - Road material surveys in 1915; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 99
Publication Number: GSC Mem 99 Page: 50-51 Date: 1917
Author: Reinecke, L
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101678
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