Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Armstrong - 1991, Aecon - 2004 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Marmora
Latitude: 44° 28' 13.63" Longitude: -77° 39' 33.06"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 288492.622 Northing: 4927566.736 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C05NE
Point Location Description: Point 2.3 km SE of Marmora.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Site of the Marmoraton iron mine, southeast of the Village of Marmora.
TYPE: CRUSHING OVERBURDEN PALEOZOICS FROM MARMORATON MINE...ALSO WASTE ROCK. 1980's: Armbro Materials and Construction Ltd. worked the waste piles of limestone as a source of aggregate. 2002, 2003: Aecon Construction and Materials Ltd. produce aggregate from the waste piles of limestone (ROA 2002 and 2003).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Bobcaygeon Formation, lower member: 13.3 m thick. Gull River Formation: lower member consists of 19.8 m of interbedded dolostone and limestone. The upper member consists of 7.2 m of thin- to rarely medium-bedded limestone, with shale partings. In the Marmora pit, 16.3 m of the lower member of the Bobcaygeon Formation are exposed.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Scale: Date: 1976
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
Book - Geology of Belmont, Marmora, and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties
Publication Number: OFR5537 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 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 - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5730 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2002, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6115 Scale: Date: 2003
Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2003, Resident Geologiest Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6132 Scale: Date: 2004
Author: Sangster P.J., Farrow D.G., Papertzian V.C., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Hemmings D., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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