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| Record Name(s) | Buckley Lake - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Marl
Township or Area: Douro
Latitude: 44° 24' 57.94" Longitude: -78° 14' 26.3"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 719679.11 Northing: 4921792.824 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D08NE
Point Location Description: S end of Buckley Lake, 4 km ESE of Lakefield.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Hwy 134 passes W of the lake less than 1 km distant and the secondary road which follows the line between con 6 and 7 passes the lake about 1/2 ml away. Access may be obtained via a private road in lot 17, con 6 or by canoe along the creek that drains from the S end of the lake.
1902-14 : marl was dredged and used for cement at a plant in Lakefield - the Lakefield Portland Cement Co was merged in 1909 to form plant no. 7 of Canada Cement Co Ltd.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Buckley Lake is a large marsh area occupying much of the N part of the township. Parallel, dredged channels along the W side occupy an area of 45 ha. Reserves of marl NE of these workings are probably very large. The lake was drained at the time the marl was excavated and open water is now restricted to the old dredged channels; the rest is an open grass and cane marsh (0.5 m of fibrous, peaty material overlies 3-4 m of marl). There is a moderate amount of shell material and minor fibrous, organic material. Sand underlies the marl and the lower marl strata can be seriously contaminated by grains of quartz and mica. It is a rather low quality marl due to sand contamination and colour (grey with very low brightness). The lake has been a private hunting and fishing preserve for many years and has value as a wetland nesting habitat.
MonoMap - Marl in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR028 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
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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