Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Massassaga Point Quarry - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Aug-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Ameliasburgh
Latitude: 44° 8' 44.22" Longitude: -77° 18' 39.04"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 315182.245 Northing: 4890642.953 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located at Massasauga Point, about 6 km east of Rossmore, at the eastern end of concession II, Ameliasburgh Twp.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 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:
Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
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