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| Record Name(s) | Town of Smiths Falls Quarry - 1938, Dibblee Quarry - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Montague, Montague
Latitude: 44° 55' 28.09" Longitude: -76° 1' .91"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 419746 Northing: 4975063 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NE
Point Location Description: large quarry northeast of the town of Smith’s Falls
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This large quarry is located 1 km north of Smiths Falls.
circa 1970: Dibblee Construction Co. Ltd. - intermittent operation. 1989: Warren Paving and Materials Group Ltd. - intermittent operation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 2 | Is |
Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - The quarry contains two lifts, of which the lower is almost completely filled with water. Recent excavations have been arried out along the east face of the upper lift. A total of 5.2 m of sandy dolostone, dolostone and sandstone of the March Formation is exposed in the quarry. Glacial overburden around the quarry is approximately 1-2 m thick.
Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - A sample analysis returned 27.78% SiO2, 0.58% Fe2O3, 1.70% Al2O3, 13.5% MgO and 23.4% CaO.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 52-53 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 - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 144 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:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 189 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP
Map - Mineral deposits series, uranium and thorium deposits of Ontario, southern sheet, southern Ontario and Nipissing, Muskoka, Parry Sound, Sudbury, and Manitoulin districts
Publication Number: P2424 Scale: 1:1,013,760 Date: 1981
Author: Robertson J.A., Gordon J.B., Rybak R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1967
Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951
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