Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Road Cut - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-May-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica)
Township or Area: Ramsay
Latitude: 45° 7' 57.99" Longitude: -76° 10' 33.63"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407526.96 Northing: 4998372.98 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01NE
Point Location Description: point 2.5 km west of Carleton Place.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Calcitic | Host |
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Oct 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - The calcite-rich sandstone rock cut is located along the north side of Highway 7 in an escarpment.
Oct 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - The grain size is fine to medium; grain shape is subangular to subrounded; colour is grey, the rock is hard and the bedding is thin.
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: II-14 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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