Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Eldorado Quarry - 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-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 34' 48.44" Longitude: -77° 31' 7.58"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 300036.688 Northing: 4939394.92 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SE
Point Location Description: Property symbol BV 1.0 km SSE of Eldorado.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This overgrown quarry is located on the western side of Hwy 62 about 1 km south of Eldorado.
The quarry had been intermittently operated since the early 1900's for crushed stone.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Bobcaygeon Formation, lower member: the quarry face exposes 6.3 m of thickly bedded limestone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Scale: 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
Location:
Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Paleozoic geology of the Peterborough-Campbellford area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5331 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Carson D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Lateral Lake area (west half), District of Kenora
Publication Number: P2371 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Page R.O., Christie B.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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