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Record: MDI31D11NW00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stone Cottage Inn- Attia Quarry - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2003-Jan-02
Date Last Modified 2022-May-10
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Rama

Latitude: 44° 41' 22.68"    Longitude: -79° 16' 24.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 636811.109   Northing: 4949923.478    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D11NW

Point Location Description: Precise15 CONC 3, Aggregate License No. 15326

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: West side of HWY 169, 2km south of Black River.



Exploration History

Property was licensed in 1995. First reported production was in May 1999.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

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



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - All exposed and quarried rocks belong to the Lower Gull River Formation. Quarried stone includes grey limestone, buff limestone and grey dolostone. Listed below are the detailed descriptions of the quarried stone: 1. Grey, brown,oolithic , pelletoid, fine grained, moderately fossiliferous limestone. 2. Green, grey and brown, fine to med. grained,succrosic, weakly-bedded dolomitic limestone. 3. Light brown, fine-grained, mottled, bioturbited, moderately fossiliferous dolomitic limestone (Calcisiltite).




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: Geological/ Lithological description is taken from the field visit in May 2000 by K.Steele.



Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1999 2000 Limestone (Building Stone) 2000000
ANNUAL UPDATE FROM OWNER/OPERATOR TO DISTRICT GEOLOGIST IN 1999-2001 PRODUCES FLAGSTONE, LANDSCAPING STONE AND MASONRY STONE, LEDGER ROCK

References

Book - Ontario Dimension Stone Producers & Processors Directory

Publication Number: Directory Date: 2002

Author: MNDM Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: MMIC


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

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR6011 Date: 2000

Author: Armstrong D.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Report of Activities 1999, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre and Petroleum Resources Centre

Publication Number: OFR6008 Date: 2000

Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Laidlaw D.A., Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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