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| Record Name(s) | Sand Point Quarry - 1984, J.A. Jamieson Lime - 1912, Canada Lime Company Quarry - 1944, Goudge sample 143 - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Jun-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: McNab
Latitude: 45° 29' 30.66" Longitude: -76° 26' 35.49"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 387232.002 Northing: 5038604.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Just NW of Sand Point Village, Lot 19, Con. B.
1912-1943: J.A. Jamieson and Canada Lime Company Limited - lime production
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - Goudge described the quarry as consisting of very fine-grained to dense-textured, brown calcium limestone. Gull River Formation: interbedded silty dolostone, lithographic to fine cryslalline limestone, oolitic limestone, shale, and fine-grained calcareous quartz sandstone
Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of the limestone collected from near the old kiln by G.E. Goudge analysed: 2.70% SiO2, 0.32% Fe2O3, 0.70% Al2O3, 0.02% Ca3(PO4)2, 94.7% CaCO3 and 0.63% Mg CO3.
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:
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 - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Arnprior-Quyon area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2726 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R., Rae A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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