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Record: MDI31F01NE00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Indian River Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jun-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Ramsay

Latitude: 45° 14' 47.74"    Longitude: -76° 15' 25.44"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 401349.94   Northing: 5011113.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: General, point 4.5 km northwest of the Tannery.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Feb 22, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - "The quarry from which this stone is derived is situated close to the Indian River. Here the limestone occurs in great thickness. It is white, highly crystalline, and contains scales of graphite. It bas been extensively quarried for lime burning, and small quantities have been employed in Pakenham and Almonte for foundations and facings of buildings" (GSC 1876).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada, and notes on a stratigraphical collection of rocks; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 405

Publication Number: SR 405 Scale:     Date: 1876

Author: Geological Corps of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216063


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