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| Record Name(s) | Sheek Island - 1990, Sheicks Island - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Cornwall
Latitude: 45° 0' 44.54" Longitude: -74° 51' 4.9"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 511712.595 Northing: 4984335.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G02SW
Point Location Description: Quarry pond on Sheek Island.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Island just W of Long Sault Parkway.
Stone used in building, bridge and canal construction, pre 1912. Probably flooded for the Seaway in the late 1950's.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Rockliffe Formation ( St. Martine ).
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
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Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 187-189 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 195 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: CL01.0 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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