Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Sandstones and Shales - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone, Shale (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Fitzroy
Latitude: 45° 27' 56.89" Longitude: -76° 11' 58.85"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 406216.126 Northing: 5035397.138 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08NE
Point Location Description: Point 1.2 km ESE of Fitzroy Harbour.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Sections of Aylmer Formation shale and sandstone / Rockliffe Formation, exposed at the N end of the township.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The Rockliffe Formation (Aylmer Formation) sandstones and shales are exposed along the Carp River in lots 22-26, con 10, in 2 ledges. Section from lot 23. There is also a section exposed on the S shore of Lake Deschenes in con 11, directly S of Quyon and inland from here on the slope of the hill. Outcrops on Badham Creek in con 12 (near its outlet into Lake Deschenes and inland at a 60 ft succession of rock ledges) illustrate the succession here.
Publication - Arnprior-Quyon and Maniwaki areas, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 136
Publication Number: GSC Mem 136 Page: 48-50 Date: 1924
Author: Wilson, M E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100837
Map - Geology, Arnprior, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1363A
Publication Number: GSC Map 1363A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1974
Author: Hill, P A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109148
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