Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C12SE00077
| Record Name(s) | Eldorado Limestone Quarry East - 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-Mar-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Madoc
Latitude: 44° 34' 49.26" Longitude: -77° 30' 47.53"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 300479.689 Northing: 4939406.922 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12SE
Point Location Description: General, point 1.0 km SE of Eldorado.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Drive north for 8.3 km on Hwy 62 from Madoc, i.e. the junction of Hwys 7 and 62. The quarry is located a couple of hundred feet off the east side of the road.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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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:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
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