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Record: MDI31G05NE00037

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Leitrim - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Crushed Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Gloucester

Latitude: 45° 19' 37.74"    Longitude: -75° 36' 25.42"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 452427.296   Northing: 5019472.939    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G05NE

Point Location Description: Pont 0.5 km SW of Leitrim.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Grab sample of Carlsbad Formation shale - gave favourable indications os vitrification and bloating.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51

Publication Number: TB51 Scale:     Date: 1963

Author: Wilson, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938


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