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Record: MDI31G04NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Goulbourn Quarry - 1991, Cavanagh Quarry - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Goulbourn

Latitude: 45° 11' 32.6"    Longitude: -75° 57' 51.12"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 424261.137   Northing: 5004774.916    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04NW

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 3.5 km NW of Munster.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1975 : opened and operated by Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd and licensed for 20.23 ha in 1989. The quarry produced crushed aggregate on a single lift of 9.7 m in a disturbed area of 10 ha, in 1989.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The quarry (10.9 m deep in 1989) exposes limestones and dolostones of the lower member of the Gull River Formation. The 2 rock types alternate in 2-4 m intervals and there is a small fault and a fold. Overburden is 1-3 m. See OGS 1991 for a section.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 57  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 Page: 233  Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: GN01.0  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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: 39  Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Aggregate Assessment of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario Canada

Publication Number: Ott Agg Date: 1979

Author: Fletcher, T.W. and Klugman, M.A.

Publisher Name: Municipality of Ottawa/Carleton and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

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