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MDI31C16NE00023
| Record Name(s) | Ontario Building Materials Ltd. Quarry - 1962, Smith Falls Quarry - 1962 |
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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-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Secondary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Montague
Latitude: 44° 55' 2.8" Longitude: -76° 1' 28.15"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 419139 Northing: 4974290 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NE
Point Location Description: Quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: This quarry is located 1 km north of Smiths Falls, just east of Highway 15.
1962: Ontario Building Materials Limited - in production. Before 1964 - Ontario Building Materials Limited operated this quarry, providing crushed stone for local construction projects. The quarry also produced sand-lime bricks.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 2 | Host |
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The quarry was in production for only a short while in 1962. Beds of dolomite were encountered in the sandstone section at this quarry. The sandstone is described as being light grey in colour, reddish brown weathering, medium grained and non calcareous. The sandy dolostone is light brownish grey, finely crystalline, medium to coarse grained. The March Formation is described as being light grey in colour, reddish brown weathering, medium-grained and non-calcareous.
Feb 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sandstone had an analysis of 72.75% SiO2, Al2O3 1.86%, Fe2O3 1.28%, CaO 11.07%, MgO 0.95%.
Mono - Silica in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR009 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 - 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 - 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:
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