Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Gorras Quarry - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1990-Aug-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Admaston
Latitude: 45° 21' 39.33" Longitude: -76° 49' 21.83"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 357245.999 Northing: 5024661.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Quarry is located 69 metres north of the road on the south boundary of the lot, 4.8 km northwest of Ashdad.
Circa 1944: in operation
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Is |
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Aug 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - A small quarry for structural stone and/or lime was operated at this location. The limestone is flat-lying, interbedded grey and brown Paleozoic limestones of the Gull River Formation. The beds are up to 30 cm thick.
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2732 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Russell D.J., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 69 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 99 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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