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Record: MDI31C08SW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Norman - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-May-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Pittsburgh

Latitude: 44° 24' 12.32"    Longitude: -76° 20' 54.45"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 392623.604   Northing: 4917565.663    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 0.7 km north of Maple Hill.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Three to five feet of thick bedded, well banded red and buff Potsdam sandstone has been quarried at the top of a 15-foot cliff. The sandstone dips 10 degrees south. Concentric concretions were noted in this




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone

Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 13  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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