Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Demill - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Tyendinaga
Latitude: 44° 14' 52.42" Longitude: -77° 15' 14.73"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 320033.014 Northing: 4901877.419 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 6.0 km NNW of Shannonville.
As of 1989: This quarry is owned by Mr. Arthur Long, licensed to Charles H. Demill Construction Ltd., and is leased and operated by H.J. McFarland Construction Co. The property has a licensed area of approximately 24 ha. The excavated area of the quarry is approximately 12 ha. The quarry operates from April to November. (Lst. in Ontario Vol. 2, p109).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - This quarry is 6.7 m deep and exposes interbedded limestone and shales of the Verulam Formation. The limestones vary from very fine-crystalline to medium-crystalline and bioclastic. The gently northward-rising bedrock surface results in higher quarry faces at the north end of the quarry. Glacial overburden around the quarry is up to 2 m thick. (Lst. in Ontario, p109).
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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