Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Dochart Creek Quarry - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: McNab
Latitude: 45° 26' 44.28" Longitude: -76° 22' 32.65"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 392415.002 Northing: 5033377.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 1.2 km west of Sandy Beach.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Dolomitic | Is |
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Sep 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - Gull River Formation: interbedded silty dolostone, lithographic to tine crystalline limestone, oolitic limestone, shale, and fine-grained calcareous quartz sandstone. The limestone contains numerous white carbonate stringers parallel to the bedding, which trends east and west and dips 55°S. In 1944, the quarry was 600 feet long and from 25 to 100 feet wide. The face was from 3 to 20 feet high.
Sep 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - The material was quarried for road metal. An unknown amount of material was removed.
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 Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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