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Record: MDI31G05NE00065

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cyrville - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Crushed Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Gloucester

Latitude: 45° 25' 33.78"    Longitude: -75° 37' 42.87"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 450827.309   Northing: 5030473.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G05NE

Point Location Description: Point at Cyrville.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 2 samples taken in the banks of Green Creek between Cyrville and Blackburn. 1 sample taken just N of Cyrville from a basement excavation. 1 sample taken from a road ditch.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Samples of Billings Shale - 2 proved to be good bloating materials but were not suitable for production of coated aggregate.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: TB51 Page: 20  Date: 1963

Author: Wilson, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Publication - Chemical analyses of Canadian rocks, minerals, and ores; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115

Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 208-209  Date: 1965

Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631


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