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Record: MDI31G05NE00032

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Merkley - 1993, Merkley's - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Gloucester

Latitude: 45° 17' 23.62"    Longitude: -75° 40' 11.24"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 447477.306   Northing: 5015372.923    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G05NE

Point Location Description: Point 2.2 km E of Honeygables.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1923-4 : Merkley's Ltd quarried shale on this lot.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Shale.




Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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