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Record: MDI31G04NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) North Gower Limestone Outcrops - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: North Gower

Latitude: 45° 11' 29.05"    Longitude: -75° 43' 49.35"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 442627.256   Northing: 5004472.796    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04NE

Point Location Description: Map number 67, 2.0 km NW of Carsonby, lot 5, con 2.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Limestone outcrops mapped and described in 1917.



Exploration History

Limestone outcrops described with regard to their potential for quarrying. There is a small pit on lot 8.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Oxford Formation (Beekmantown) dolostones - steel-grey and siliceous. Outcrops # 67 and # 68 are described.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Road material surveys in 1915; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 99

Publication Number: GSC Mem 99 Page: 45  Date: 1917

Author: Reinecke, L

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101678


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Kemptville area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2493 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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