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MDI31C03NW00023
| Record Name(s) | Putnam Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Thurlow
Latitude: 44° 12' 34.43" Longitude: -77° 22' 24.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 310372.942 Northing: 4897888.501 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 8.5 km NW of Point Anne.
This quarry, owned and operated by Mr. Harvey Putnam, was opened in 1983.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - 6.2 m deep quarry exposes thin-bedded limestone and interbedded thinner shales of the Verulam Formation.
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 107-108 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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