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Record: MDI31F11NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Highway 17 Quarry - 1880, Muskrat River Quarry - 1986, Sample 116 - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones), Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Westmeath

Latitude: 45° 43' 44.21"    Longitude: -76° 59' 21.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 345205   Northing: 5065857.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F11NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.8 km SE of Meath Lake.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

May 14, 2013 (A Wilson) - The limestone is described as 8 feet of fine-grained to dense-textured calcium limestone in beds up to 2 feet thick. A net work of thin shaly seams is present in some of the stone and the top bed has a mottled appearance.




Mineralization Comments

May 14, 2013 (A Wilson) - The quarry was formerly worked for dimension stone for building railway culverts. A sample of the limestone collected by Goudge assayed 1.48% SiO2, 0.43% Fe2O3, 0.35% Al2O3, 0.02% Ca3(PO4)2, 96.07 CaCO3, 1.66% MgCO3.



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Location:


Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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