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Record: MDI31G03SW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Williamsburgh Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Williamsburgh

Latitude: 45° 0' 12.07"    Longitude: -75° 16' 15.1"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 478653.218   Northing: 4983358.463    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G03SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 3.6 km SE of Winchester Springs.



Exploration History

Quarry was opened in 1969 and is owned and operated by Cruickshank Construction Ltd. (Lst. in Ontario, Vol 2, p10).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

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).




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 - Preliminary report on the Paleozoic geology of the southern portion of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5385 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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