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| Record Name(s) | Marysville Quarry #2 - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Tyendinaga
Latitude: 44° 13' 15.56" Longitude: -77° 10' 6.37"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 326793.073 Northing: 4898704.377 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NE
Point Location Description: Precise Quarry symbol 4.8 km W of Marysville
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This partially water-filled quarry is located about 5 km west of Marysville, just north of Highway 2.
The quarry was operated in the early 1900's for crushed stone which was used in local road construction. In the mid 1960's the quarry was reactivated by H.J. McFarland Construction Company Limited to provide crushed stone for the construction of Highway 401 (OFR 5863, p172).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The quarry still exposes about 7 metres of limestone of the Middle Ordovician Bobcaygeon Formation above the water level. (OFR 5863, p172).
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 92-3 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 151 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 - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 172 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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