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| Record Name(s) | Forbes - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Sep-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: Mountain
Latitude: 45° 3' 42.44" Longitude: -75° 30' 15.08"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 460305 Northing: 4989938 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G04SE
Point Location Description: Quarry on satellite imagery
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarry is located 1 km east of Hallville in the west half of lot 8, concession 8.
1981: Quarry opened by Barry Forbes.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Oxford Formation: 8 m deep quarry, fine crystalline dolostone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 8-9 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: 281 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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