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| Record Name(s) | Perth Sandstone - 1923, Samples 1725 and 2011 - 1923 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Sandstone
Secondary Commodities: Silica Sand
Township or Area: Elmsley
Latitude: 44° 53' 8.42" Longitude: -76° 14' 2.84"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402539 Northing: 4970991 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NE
Point Location Description: Exact sample sites are unknown.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description:
Pre-1923 : sandstone on lot 22, con 10 has been worked for building stone.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - Sample # 1725 was representative of beds 4 ft. thick which had been worked for building stone. They were fairly white in the top 4 ft. and a rich golden yellow below. This deposit extends over several lots and # 2011 was taken on the north half of the lot. Here the beds are flat-lying and 6-18 inches thick. Exposure in the area was limited and most of that seen was pitted and iron-stained.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore |
Aug 04, 2016 (A Wilson) - The chemical analysis of the samples were 97.62% SiO2, 0.34% Fe2O3, 0.48% Al2O3, 0.34% CaO, 0.18% MgO (#1725) and 96.54% SiO2, 0.57% Fe2O3, 2.08% Al2O3 and 0.55% CaO (#2011).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratiform |
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-9 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Sandstone as a source of silica sands in southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV55-05 Page: 27 Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 184-185 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
Book - Silica in Canada: Its occurrence, exploitation and uses pt1, p. 46-47, 74, 78, 83
Publication Number: No. 555 Date: 1923
Author: L. Cole
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location:
Map - Part of southeastern Ontario showing distribution of Potsdam sandstone
Publication Number: M1946-09 Date: 1997
Author: Keith M.L., Baker M.B., Wright J.F., Wilson A.E., Wilson M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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