Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Beckwith Quarry - 1912, D. McNeilly Property - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jul-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Beckwith
Latitude: 45° 6' 46.25" Longitude: -76° 7' 30.6"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 411494 Northing: 4996102 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01NE, 31F01SE
Point Location Description: nearest corner 0.2 km west on road between Cons 9 and 10, 1.8 km WNW of Blacks Corners.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomitic Rock | 1 | Is |
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Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - The stone is dark brown to dark greyish brown. The site consisted of a single bed of pure rock 3 to 3.5 inches thick. Above and below this bed is thinly bedded impure, sandy magnesian limestone
Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - An analysis of the limestone returned 0.92% SiO2, 1.07% Fe2O3, 0.15% Al2O3, 0.02% Ca3(PO4)2, 56.93% CaCO3, 40.38% MgCO3, 0.02% S, 31.89% CaO and 19.31% MgO.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Carleton Place area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2725 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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