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| Record Name(s) | West Carleton Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Huntley
Latitude: 45° 15' 45.67" Longitude: -76° 7' 44.22"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 411429.034 Northing: 5012751.974 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08SE
Point Location Description: General, Point 4.75 km W of Manion Corners.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The West Carleton Quarry is located 6 km NE of Almonte on Hwy 44.
The quarry was originally opened by Metcalf Construction, was subsequently purchased by Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited in 1971. Stone was used in the construction of Hwy 17.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
May 23, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - BOBCAYGEON FORMATION (LOWER MEMBER): 16.5 M THICK.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 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
Location:
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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