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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31D09SW00021

Record: MDI31D09SW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Flynns Turn Quarry - 1991, Nelson Windover-Nichols - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2024-Apr-11
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Harvey

Latitude: 44° 35' 40.89"    Longitude: -78° 26' 34.92"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 702944.829   Northing: 4941107.965    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09SW

Point Location Description: General, Point 5.25 km WSW of Flynns Turn.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is located along Hwy 36, 6 km west of Flynns Turn.



Exploration History

Owner and operator Nelson Windover opened the quarry in 1975. Quarry produces small amounts of building stone.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Apr 24, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - GULL RIVER FORMATION: 1 M. LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 14  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

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Mono - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5730 Page: 42  Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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