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Record: MDI31C07SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wilton Quarry #2 - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Ernestown

Latitude: 44° 20' 4.86"    Longitude: -76° 44' 46.89"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 360776.219   Northing: 4910529.428    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07SE

Point Location Description: Point 2.2 km WNW of Wilton.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Extensive exposure.



Exploration History

Pre-1918 : sampled in 1918 (GSC ?) and referred to then as a 'small, old quarry'.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Gull River Formation - brown-grey and very fine-grained in beds up to 2 ft thick.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 59  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 153  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:


Publication - Summary report of the mines branch of the department of mines for the calendar year ending December 31 1918; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 509

Publication Number: CMB Pub 509 Page: 205  Date: 1920

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307720


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: ET04.0  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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