Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C07SE00063
| Record Name(s) | Henderson - 1991, Murvale - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Portland
Latitude: 44° 21' 42.8" Longitude: -76° 39' 58.9"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 367215.275 Northing: 4913418.472 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This large, overgrown quarry is located 4 km south of Harrowsmith, on the western side of Highway 38..
The quarry has been operated intermittently for crushed stone which was used in local road construction. (OFR 5863, p199).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation, lower member: 13.0 m thick.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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| Dolostone | 2 | Host |
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51
Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Page: 8-9 Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
Publication - A catalogue of Canadian minerals - supplement 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-22
Publication Number: Paper 73-22 Page: 57 Date: 1941
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102532
Mono - Portland and Loughborough townships, Frontenac County
Publication Number: OFR5144 Page: 8 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
Location:
Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 199-200 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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