Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Forfar Quarry - 1990, Canfarge Ltd. - 1991 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1990-Sep-22 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Bastard, Bastard
Latitude: 44° 38' 45.33" Longitude: -76° 13' 5.28"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 403403 Northing: 4944340 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NE
Point Location Description: former quarry near Forfar Station
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - The sandstone is white to light brown; light grey to reddish brown weathering, medium-grained, thinly bedded, well sorted, well rounded. The unit is 2.5 m thick at this site.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Sedimentary |
Rank | Characteristic |
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2 | Layered |
1 | Stratabound |
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Westport area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2723 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Sandstone as a source of silica sands in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV55-05 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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