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Record: MDI31F08SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Carp Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Huntley

Latitude: 45° 18' 43.23"    Longitude: -76° 7' 19.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 412038.113   Northing: 5018223.877    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08SE

Point Location Description: Precise, Quarry marking 3.5 km N of Corkery.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is located 5 km south of Marathon Village.



Exploration History

Intermittently operated by Bertrand Concrete Products, Ottawa, Incorporated, producing crushed stone for concrete aggregate.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

May 23, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - BOBCAYGEON FORMATION (LOWER MEMBER): 3.5 M THICK.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

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Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale:     Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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