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| Record Name(s) | Battersea - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-May-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Pittsburgh
Latitude: 44° 25' 44.91" Longitude: -76° 22' 19.03"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 390800.585 Northing: 4920453.701 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 0.8 km east of Battersea.
1960's - Was operated by Credit Valley Quarries. Sandstone was quarried for building stone products.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Grey-brown, thin to medium bedded Potsdam sandstone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Host |
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Part - Sandstone as a source of silica sands in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV55-05 Page: 24-27 Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 13-15 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-2 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 92 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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