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| Record Name(s) | Opeongo Road 55-56 Pit - 1880 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Grattan
Latitude: 45° 23' 50.65" Longitude: -77° 4' 5.67"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 338121.998 Northing: 5029179.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: A small pit in a scarp, about 1/4 ml N of the Opeongo Road, in these lots.
crca 1880 : a small pit, said to have been worked at about this time and to have supplied some of the stone for the Esmonde church.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Slatey | Is |
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Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - The limestone is dark-grey in colour and slaty in nature. It contains shale interbeds. It lies adjacent to the Mount St Patrick Fault. The unit is estimated to be 10 m thick. The unit has been designated as the Sherman Falls Formation.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Dimension Stone |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County
Publication Number: R209 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County
Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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