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Record: MDI31F01NE00028

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McGill Quarry - 1908
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-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Ramsay, Ramsay

Latitude: 45° 14' 6.54"    Longitude: -76° 11' 49.28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406043   Northing: 5009770    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: Point just north of Almonte.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2008: Appears (on Google Earth) to have seen some recent removal of material.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Western St. Lawrence Lowland

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 30, 2017 (A Wilson) - Dimension stone, coursing stone




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 192  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: 112  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 88  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 144  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:


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