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Record: MDI31G02SW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dibblee - 1984, Dibblee Construction (Cornwall) - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2024-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Cornwall

Latitude: 45° 2' 58.17"    Longitude: -74° 49' 52.72"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 513283.822   Northing: 4988462.279    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G02SW

Point Location Description: Easternmost quarry symbol in con 4, 1 ml N of Milles Roches.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Located E of the Cornwall Quarry of Permanent Concrete Ltd.



Exploration History

From 1960's : Intermittently-operated by Dibblee Construction Co Ltd, part of the Warren Paving and Materials Group Ltd. The original quarry is partially flooded ( about 2m exposed ). Potential for building stone?


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

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




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Impure Limestone 1 Lithographic to finely crystalline, bedded Is

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 194  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Publication - Road materials in a portion of Vaudreuil County, Quebec, and along the St. Lawrence River from the Quebec Boundary to Cardinal, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 106

Publication Number: GSC Mem 106 Page: Date: 1918

Author: Picher, R H

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101667


Publication - Pleistocene and Recent deposits of the Cornwall-Cardinal area, Stormont, Dundas and Grenville counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-12

Publication Number: GSC Paper 51-12 Date: 1951

Author: Owen, E B

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101387


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 42  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Lower St. Lawrence planning area: Finch, Roxborough, Osnabruck, Cornwall and Charlottenburgh townships

Publication Number: OFR5138 Page: 13  Date: 1975

Author: Brinsmead R.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 53  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 22-23  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:


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