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| Record Name(s) | Volturno Lake Quarry - 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-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Harvey
Latitude: 44° 38' 29.41" Longitude: -78° 28' 35.21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 700131.827 Northing: 4946224.992 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D09NW
Point Location Description: General, Point 0.75 km west of Volturno Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is located just west of Lake Volturno, 5.5 km north of Hwy 36.
The quarry was a source of building stone in the early 1900's, primarily ashlar and flagstone.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Apr 17, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - GULL RIVER FORMATION: 2.9 M THICK. DOLOSTONES ARE A RED COLOUR (RED PAMELIA).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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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 - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5730 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., 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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