Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31D08NW00005
| Record Name(s) | Peterborough Quarry - 1991, City of Peterborough - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Smith
Latitude: 44° 22' 40.37" Longitude: -78° 17' 32.22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 715708.096 Northing: 4917410.788 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D08NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This small overgrown quarry is located 6 km north of Peterborough on the eastern side of Highway 28.
The quarry operated in the early 1900's providing crushed stone for local road construction.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of Smith Township, Peterborough County, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP015 Scale: Date: 1980
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 - 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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