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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C03SE00027

Record: MDI31C03SE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mount Carmel Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jul-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Sophiasburgh

Latitude: 44° 7' 52.99"    Longitude: -77° 5' 1.78"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 333299   Northing: 4888577    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C03SE

Point Location Description: Center of flooded quarry on satellite image

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Northeastern corner of the intersection of Highway 49 with Fish Lake Road, west of Mount Carmel.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Lindsay Formation: 6 m in thickness.




Mineral Record Details

References

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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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 32-33  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Belleville-Wellington area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2412 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1981

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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