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| Record Name(s) | West Burnt Lands Provincial Park - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Ramsay
Latitude: 45° 14' 34.92" Longitude: -76° 9' 12.77"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 409468.01 Northing: 5010595.98 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01NE
Point Location Description: Point 3.7 km east-northeast of Almonte.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Oct 10, 2017 (A Wilson) - Alvars are generally defined as natural communities established on areas of exposed bedrock or thin soil over bedrock. The recommended park is part of the Smiths Falls limestone plain, the largest and most continuous tract of shallow soil over limestone in Southern Ontario (Chapman and Putnam 1984). The area is characterized by thin soils overlying Paleozoic limestone formed during the Middle Ordovician Period. The area is underlain by 'softer' paleozoic bedrock known as Ottawa formation limestone. The property is topographically very homogeneous, consisting of a relatively flat bedrock plateau centred on the NCC property and sloping away gently to the west, north and south (Brunton 1986). Many fault lines and fissures allow water to seep away, maintaining xeric conditions after spring thaw.
Book - Mineral Occurrences of Lanark (unpublished)
Publication Number: Page: 190 Date: 1944
Author: Satterly, J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Department of Mines
Location: Tweed RGP office
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