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MDI31C03NW00003
| Record Name(s) | Point Anne - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux), Limestone (Building Stone)
Secondary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Thurlow
Latitude: 44° 10' .34" Longitude: -77° 17' 5.36"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 317328.911 Northing: 4892933.343 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This quarry is located 6.5 km east of Belleville off of Highway 2.
Production in the 1800's from two 0.5 m beds of blue limestone used for canal construction and from a white upper bed used for buildings in Belleville. 2023: The quarry is operated by Lafarge Canada Inc. as a source of stone for the manufacture of cement. The north end of the quarry is flooded and inactive, while the south end is actively quarried.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Appalachian Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Fossiliferous | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Quarry is over 30 m deep and when dry exposes limestones of the Gull River and Bobcaygeon Formations.
Aug 09, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - Personal communication from a past quarry manager indicates the presence of "a crumbly green rock crosscutting the limestone" visible in the quarry walls. This could be an ultramafic dike related to the nearby Jurassic-aged Picton and Varty dikes, but it is unsubstantiated.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Date: Jun 28, 2023
Geologist: Mateo Dorado-Troughton
Notes: Visited by SO RGP staff, K. Hahn OGS Paleozoic Geologist, and a Lafarge staff member in conjunction with K. Hahn's region bedrock geology mapping of the area. Access was limited, but the northern quarry floor was examined. Fossilized bivalves, bryozoans, cephalopods, and tetradium were abundant.
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 30 Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Lake Iroquois
Publication Number: ARV45-07.001 Page: 34 Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Seventieth annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines, volume 70, mining operations in 1960, statistical review of the mining industry for 1960
Publication Number: ARV70 Page: 146 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 57-61 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 93 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 Page: 108-109 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:
Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5706 Page: 508-510 Date: 1989
Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5730 Page: 45-6 Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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