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Record: MDI31G04NE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Metcalfe Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-May-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Osgoode

Latitude: 45° 14' 53.11"    Longitude: -75° 30' 7.64"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 460596.377   Northing: 5010632.872    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04NE

Point Location Description: T-2406

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Point 6.4 km NE of Herbert Corners.



Exploration History

Inactive quarry, probably produced crushed dolostone for local road construction (OFR 5863).




Mineral Record Details

References

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 - 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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