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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C01NW00006

Record: MDI31C01NW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Howe Island Quarry #8 - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Howe Island

Latitude: 44° 14' 56.62"    Longitude: -76° 18' 38.59"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 395354.625   Northing: 4900371.524    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C01NW

Point Location Description: Precise, Quarry symbol 2.9 km E of Hickeys Point.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Gananoque-Wolfe Island area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2496 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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