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Record: MDI31C05SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Springbrook Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jun-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Rawdon

Latitude: 44° 22' 55.05"    Longitude: -77° 36' 2.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 292822.658   Northing: 4917587.552    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: This inactive quarry is located 2.3 km south of the hamlet of Springbrook.



Exploration History

This quarry operated early in the 1900's providing crushed stone for local road construction.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Verulam Formation: 5.6 m thick. Bobcaygeon Formation, upper member: 2.9 m thick.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

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


Mono - Preliminary report on the Paleozoic geology of the Peterborough-Campbellford area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5331 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 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 - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale:     Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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