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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31G04SE00006

Record: MDI31G04SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bedell Quarries - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-May-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Oxford (On Rideau)

Latitude: 45° 0' 41.91"    Longitude: -75° 37' .9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 451387.404   Northing: 4984428.637    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G04SE

Point Location Description: Point 1.7 km east of Kemptville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Pre 1938: a number of small limestone quarries worked for building stone, many of which can be seen in the houses of Kemptville.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 81  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Publication - Road material surveys in Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1915

Publication Number: GSC SR 1915 Page: Chart  Date: 1916

Author: Reinecke, L

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104465


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 84  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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