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Record: MDI31G04SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Maple Grove Quarry - 1991, Maple Grove (Kemptville) - 2001, Kemptville Quarry - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: South Gower

Latitude: 45° 1' 36.08"    Longitude: -75° 36' 14.27"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 452420.389   Northing: 4986092.62    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04SE

Point Location Description: Point 3 km ENE of Kemptville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1989 : recently opened and operated intermittently by Maple Grove (Kemptville) Ltd. Licensed for 12.0 ha.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The 7.0 m deep quarry exposes fine-crystalline, thin to medium-bedded dolostones of the Oxford Formation. Small calcite-filled vugs are common and stromatolites are rarely present. Overburden is 1-2 m thick.




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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