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| Record Name(s) | Howe Island Quarry #1 - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: Howe Island
Latitude: 44° 16' 9.35" Longitude: -76° 19' 38.25"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 394067.616 Northing: 4902636.551 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08SW
Point Location Description: Precise, quarry symbol 2.1 km NE of Cassidys Point.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Small quarry was opened in the spring of 1986.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Proterozoic
Oct 12, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - GULL RIVER FORMATION, LOWER MEMBER: 3 M THICK.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 146 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
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