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| Record Name(s) | Durham Wells Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Williamsburgh
Latitude: 45° 0' 34.05" Longitude: -75° 6' 51.77"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 490986.509 Northing: 4984007.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G03SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This large, water-filled quarry is located 3 km west of Gallingertown, about 15 km northeast of Morrisburg.
The quarry was operated by Dibblee Construction Company, Limited, for the Ontario Department of Mines (now known as the Ontario Ministry of Transportation), providing crushed stone for road construction (OFR 5863, p107).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The quarry was excavated to a depth of about 12 metres, exposing interbedded limestone and dolostone of the lower member of the Middle Ordovician Gull River Formation. Total thickness of unit - 0.5 m (OFR 5863, p107).
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 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 - 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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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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