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Record: MDI31G04SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Forbes - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Mar-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Mountain

Latitude: 45° 3' 31.08"    Longitude: -75° 30' 22.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 460131.394   Northing: 4989588.667    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The quarry is located 1 km east of Hallville in the west half of lot 8, concession 8.



Exploration History

1981: Quarry opened by Barry Forbes.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Oxford Formation: 8 m deep quarry, fine crystalline dolostone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Host

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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Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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