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Record: MDI31C07SW00069

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hwy 401 Fossil Site - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2022-May-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Ernestown

Latitude: 44° 16' 43.29"    Longitude: -76° 48' 39.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 355477.159   Northing: 4904422.396    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07SW

Point Location Description: Point on Hwy 401, 2.0 km W of Hwy133 junction.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Parking and walking on Hwy 401 is prohibited.



Exploration History

Fossil collecting site - # 1 roadcut # 363.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Fossils : cephalopods, coral and pelecypods (bivalves) in limestone.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - 200 Mineral Locations in Southern Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 72  Date: 1972

Author: Leach, H.

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