Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C03SW00009
| Record Name(s) | Melville Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Ameliasburgh
Latitude: 44° 1' 36.64" Longitude: -77° 24' 40.69"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 306760.98 Northing: 4877681.213 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C03SW
Point Location Description: Precise, Quarry symbol 1.5 km NNE of Melville.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is located approximately 2 km north of Melville.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
May 29, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - LINDSAY FORMATION: 2.0 M DEEP QUARRY EXPOSES NODULAR LIMESTONE.
| 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 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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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 176 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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