Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Philipsville Quarry - 1990, Arriscraft Quarry - 1990, Elgin Silica Property - 1981, Hart Road - 1946, Angelstone Quarry - 1990 |
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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° 37' 25.71" Longitude: -76° 9' 58.73"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407477 Northing: 4941823 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09SE
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Turn left onto Gravel Rd. and continue for 3.48 km. From Delta, head north on highway 42 and continue for 3.64 km. Turn left onto small side road and continue for approximately 100 m. Site is located adjacent to the road on your right.
1976-2005: Arriscraft Corporation - ground geophysics, DD-14, industrial mineral testing, quarrying
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| OM-81-9-C-67 / 63.4008 | 31C09NE0001 | 31C09NE0001 |
| OMEP-81-9-C-99 / 63.4025 | 31C09NE0002 | 31C09NE0002 |
| 63.4146/OM-81-9-C-67 | 31C09NE0003 | 31C09NE0003 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Nov 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is exposed in a scarp approximately 10-15 feet high and is composed of thick-bedded white sandstone with one bed of buff-weathering sandstone from 2-3 feet thick. The bulk of the sandstone is a friable type form which grains can be easily loosened.
Aug 11, 2015 (A Wilson) - An analysis of the sandstone returned 99.4% SiO2, Al2O3 0.30%, Fe2O3 0.13%, FeO 0.13%. The site was considered for silica, silica sand production in the 1950’s.The site was a former producer of stone for facing and landscaping purposes. The quarry produced silica sand, silica brick and reconstituted sandstone. In 2005, Potsdam sandstone was being quarried and cut into tiles for lining acid tanks. The silica sand was used in the manufacture of angelstone.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
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
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
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2005, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6186 Scale: Date: 2006
Author: Sangster P.J., Laidlaw D.A., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Barua M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Part of southeastern Ontario showing distribution of Potsdam sandstone
Publication Number: M1946-09 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L., Baker M.B., Wright J.F., Wilson A.E., Wilson M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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