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Record: MDI31C07NE00070

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Township of Portland - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Portland

Latitude: 44° 26' 29.8"    Longitude: -76° 38' 35.4"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 369241.359   Northing: 4922236.627    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: This quarry is located 2.0 km east of Hartington.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation, lower member: limestone and dolostone, 10.0 m thick.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Portland and Loughborough townships, Frontenac County

Publication Number: OFR5144 Page: Date: 1975

Author: Brinsmead R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 154  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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