Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Britnell - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Somerville
Latitude: 44° 40' 8.26" Longitude: -78° 42' 9.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 682107.557 Northing: 4948744.736 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D10NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 1 km south of the village of Burnt River.
Abandoned; produced building stone in the early 1900's; primarily ashlar from reddish-grey dolostone ('Red Pamelia' stone), but also some dimension stone 1.1 by 1.1 m (OFR5730, p41).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MID ORDOVICIAN
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The geological section consist of 7. m of dolostone and limestone of the lower member, Gull River Formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | Host |
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 225-227 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 201-202 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Part - Locations for pig iron production
Publication Number: ARV02.006 Page: 126 Date: 1998
Author: Birkinbine J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 92 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 162-163 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 147 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 - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 13-14 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
Location:
Mono - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5730 Page: 41 Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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