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| Record Name(s) | Williamsburgh Quarry - 1991, Hess Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Sep-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Williamsburgh
Latitude: 45° 0' 12.05" Longitude: -75° 16' 15.11"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 478653 Northing: 4983358 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G03SW
Point Location Description: Quarry on satellite image
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 3.6 km SE of Winchester Springs.
Quarry was opened in 1969 and is owned and operated by Cruickshank Construction Ltd. (Lst. in Ontario, Vol 2, p10).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - The 14.15 m deep quarry exposes interbedded limestones and dolostones of the lower member, Gull River Formation (Lst. in Ontario, Vol 2, p10-11).
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 10-11 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 - Preliminary report on the Paleozoic geology of the southern portion of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5385 Page: 43-44 Date: 1982
Author: Carson D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 267 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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