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| Record Name(s) | Morven Quarry - 1990, J.R. Storey - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Ernestown
Latitude: 44° 15' 38.65" Longitude: -76° 50' 12.92"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 353372.097 Northing: 4902473.46 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07SW
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 2.0 km W of Violet, quarry visible on satellite photo
Location Method: Other
Quarry opened in about 1989 by J.R. Storey Construction Co Ltd. It is not designated under the Pits and Quarries Act and has an excavated area of 3 ha. Face height is about 4.2 m and overburden is generally less than 1 m thick. The quarry produces good quality road base material.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Thin-bedded shaley limestone of the upper member of the Gull River Formation. Microcrystalline to very fine-grained limestone with a few beds of fine to medium-grained calcarenite. Moderately fossiliferous with brachiopods most common.
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 122 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:
File - Resident Geologist 1982 Building Stone File site # 21
Publication Number: Bld St Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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