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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C04SE00011

Record: MDI31C04SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Murray Escarpment - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Murray

Latitude: 44° 2' 39.42"    Longitude: -77° 39' 23.24"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 287176.871   Northing: 4880222.338    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C04SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Limestone is exposed in an escarpment 8 km east of Brighton, north of the Murray canal which crosses the isthmus between Northumberland and Prince Edward counties.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

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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