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Record: MDI31D11NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cut Above Natural Stone Quarry - 9999, Thomas Snodden - 9999
Related Record Type Partial
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2003-Jan-06
Date Last Modified 2021-Dec-14
Created By M Barua
Revised By M Barua

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Rama

Latitude: 44° 41' 10.53"    Longitude: -79° 13' 45.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 640311.177   Northing: 4949623.503    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D11NE

Point Location Description: Centre of quarry

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: .From intersection of HWY 169 and Simcoe Rd 45, located 1.5 km north on HWY 169 and 3km east on the 1st Concession Rd.



Exploration History

First reported production as noted by the District Geologist was in 2000. ARIP 155 (1994) reported rock being slabbed for landscaping purposes, from this licensed quarry.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Mesozoic   Geochronological Age: MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Buff brown, white, light to dark grey limestone.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Layered

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: None

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular

Site Visit Information

Date: Jan 06, 2003

Geologist: M Barua

Notes: N/A



Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2001 30000 Limestone (Building Stone) 30000000
ANNUAL UPDATE FROM OPERATOR/OWNER TO THE DISTRICT GEOLOGIST IN 2001 PRODUCES ARMOR STONE, CUBICAL WEATHERED, WALL STONE, FLAGSTONE,RANDOM SLABS

References

Book - ONTARIO DIMENSION STONE PRODUCERS 7 PROCESSORS, NOVEMBER 2002

Publication Number: Directory Scale:     Date: 2000

Author: Staff, MNDM

Publisher Name:


Map - Paleozoic Geology, Orillia Area, Southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFM0222 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1993

Author: Armstrong D.K., Anastas A.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Paleozoic Geology of the Northern Lake Simcoe Area, South-Central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6011 Scale:     Date: 2000

Author: Armstrong D.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Aggregate Resources Inventory of Ramara Township, Simcoe County

Publication Number: ARIP155 Scale:     Date: 1994

Author: Sedimentary and Environmental Geoscience Section

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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