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Record: MDI31C09NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Forfar Quarry - 1990, Canfarge Ltd. - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Sandstone (Silica)



Location

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



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Layered
1 Stratabound

References

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

Location:


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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