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Record: MDI31D10SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canal - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Fenelon

Latitude: 44° 32' 3.82"    Longitude: -78° 44' 8.07"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 679911.696   Northing: 4933723.649    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D10SE

Point Location Description: Point at Fenelon Falls.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: In a cliff along the Trent canal, below the locks.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - About 30 ft of thinly-bedded, medium-grained, blue-brown Trenton limestone with shale partings. Very similar to that at Kirkfield, and lies nearly horizontal.




Mineral Record Details

References

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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