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Record: MDI31G02NW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Christie Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Feb-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

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



Location

Township or Area: Charlottenburgh

Latitude: 45° 10' 25.17"    Longitude: -74° 46' 10.71"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 518100.906   Northing: 5002267.731    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G02NW

Point Location Description: Pooint 2.8 Km N of Sandfield Mills.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 5 Km S of Apple Hill.



Exploration History

Quarry opened in 1983 by A.L.Blair Construction Co Ltd and licensed for 60.7 ha ( the quarried area covered about 1 ha in 1986 ). The quarry was initially for building stone for local use but now is intermittently operated on a single lift of 7.3 m for aggregate ( 1986 ). It was partially filled with water in 1986.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Lower member of the Lindsay Formation.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

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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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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Cornwall-Huntingdon area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2720 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1985

Author: Williams D.A., Wolf R.R., Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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