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Record: MDI31F08NW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chats Haven - 1991, Goudge Sample 147 - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Mar-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: McNab

Latitude: 45° 25' 40.44"    Longitude: -76° 19' 46.29"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 395995.997   Northing: 5031346.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08NW

Point Location Description: quarry on north side of former highway 17

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.3 km SE of Chats Haven.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - The former quarry was 300 feet long 70 feet wide and between 2 to 6 feet deep. The rock displays flat, broken beds up to 18 inches thick with only very thin shale partings. Oxford Formation- sublithographic to fine crystalline dolostone




Mineralization Comments

Sep 27, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by G.E. Goudge analysed: 3.62% SiO2, 0.99% Fe2O3, 1.53% Al2O3, 0.09% Ca3(PO4)2, 57.32% CaCO3 and 35.57% Mg CO3. The stone was used for road construction.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

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Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1978

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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