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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C08SE00008

Record: MDI31C08SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Howe Island Quarry #9 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Howe Island

Latitude: 44° 16' 45.49"    Longitude: -76° 15' 2.43"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 400199.703   Northing: 4903655.574    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SE

Point Location Description: Precise, Quarry symbol 1.7 km east of Rush Bay.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Paleozoic geology of Wolfe Island, Bath, Sydenham and Gananoque map areas, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 70-35

Publication Number: Paper 70-35 Page: Map 18  Date: 1971

Author: Liberty, B.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102360


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