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| Record Name(s) | Oliver Quarry - 1990, OGS Section AQ PE-1 - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Elmsley
Latitude: 44° 52' 38.49" Longitude: -76° 13' 41.19"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 403000 Northing: 4970060 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NE
Point Location Description: Point 2 km southeast of Perth.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Description of site unavailable - possibly not a quarry face.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - The formation consists primarily of medium-grained well-sorted quartz sandstone. Fine-grained beds predominate in the upper part of the formation, and interbeds up to a few metres thick of quartz-pebble conglomerate occur. The quartz grains are generally well rounded. The fresh surface is white to light brown, and small rusty spots are common. The weathered surface ranges from pure white to dark brown to brick red, and is usually cream to light brown. The unit is generally medium bedded, but beds range from very thin to massive (up to 2 m thick). Based on the nature of the cementing material, there are 2 common types of sandstone: a hard quartzite (resulting from secondary quartz overgrowth) and a more friable rock (resulting from calcite cement). Crossbedding is common, and cylindrical structures have been reported. Various types of trace fossils, including Climactichnites, occur. A 2m thick section of the Nepean Formation was exposed at the quarry.
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| 1 | Stratabound |
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:
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 - 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:
Book - MTO 1980, report EM-36
Publication Number: Scale: Date: 1980
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1961
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Perth area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2724 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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