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Record: MDI31F08NE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Carp River Limestones - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Fitzroy

Latitude: 45° 26' 52.98"    Longitude: -76° 10' 38.68"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407928.129   Northing: 5033399.113    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08NE

Point Location Description: Point on Carp River 6.3 km N of Kinburn.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Dolomite exposures adjacent to the Carp River.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Beekmantown dolomite is exposed in numerous outcrops : in lots 19-21 it is massive, oolitic and sometimes brecciated. Cryptozoa (2-5 ft diameter and up to 3 ft high) are present. On lot 23 a section 13.5 ft thick has been quarried for building stone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Arnprior-Quyon and Maniwaki areas, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 136

Publication Number: GSC Mem 136 Page: 46-47  Date: 1924

Author: Wilson, M E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100837


Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 47  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


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