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Record: MDI31F01NW00026

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° 9' 8.59"    Longitude: -76° 10' 47.99"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407244.96   Northing: 5000555.94    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NW

Point Location Description: Precise, quarry symbol 2.3 km north of Birch Point.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Beyond this, the river continues to deepen as it opens into what is known as Quarry Lake for the former quarry operation that took limestone from here for use in the construction of locks along the Trent Canal and in several local buildings.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - March Formation: 3.0 m thick.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

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

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

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     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

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