Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C08NW00025
| Record Name(s) | Battersea Quarry - 1991, Griffin Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Pittsburgh
Latitude: 44° 24' 27.15" Longitude: -76° 24' 22.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 388039.567 Northing: 4918100.669 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08NW
Point Location Description: Precise, quarry visible on satellite photo
Location Method: Other
Access Description: Located 3 km southwest of Battersea on Frontenac County Road 10.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Dolostones and limestones of the lower member of the Gull River Formation are exposed at this 5.5 m deep quarry.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 143-144 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:
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