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| Record Name(s) | South Gloucester Quarries - 2001, South Gloucester Quarry - 2001, Armbro Aggregates - 2001, Bertrand Concrete - 2001, Drummond - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 18' 18.06" Longitude: -75° 34' 45.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 454579.324 Northing: 5016997.932 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05SE
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 3.4 km SE of Leitrim, con 5.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: A group of quarries on cons 5 and 6 which also includes the Boyce (Dibblee) Quarry on lot 25, con 5 - MDI31G05SE00006. The Bertrand and Drummond Quarries should also be listed as separate MDIs. The Boyce Quarry is situated adjacent to the Armbro quarry, on the S. The Bertrand quarry is 1/2 ml SE of the Boyce Quarry.
1957 : the Armstrong Brothers Co Ltd (South Gloucester Quarry) was opened for road stone. In 1958 the quarry was water-filled and appeared to be about 20 ft deep. It seems to have been operating again in 1964. By 1972 it had been deepened with 2 lifts (11.5 ft exposed above water in the lower lift). Concrete and asphalt aggregate were produced. 1984 : now operated by Armbro Aggregates (a division of United Aggregates Ltd) and licensed for 122.21 ha, the excavated area covering 37 ha in 1989. The quarry was 27.3 m deep and overburden 1-3 m thick. c1972 : Bertrand and Freres Construction Co Ltd operated a quarry in lot 27, con 5. It had a 24.5 ft face in 1972 and operated on demand. Overburden about 1-3 ft. pre-1991 : George W. Drummond operated a quarry on lot 28, con 6. It had a 6.75 m face.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The Armbro, Bertrand, Drummond and the Dibblee (Boyce) quarries are all in Oxford and March Formation dolostones and sandstones. See OGS 1991 for sections (LQ OT-7,8,9,10). See also MTO drillhole GDH OT-3, on lot 24, con 5.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Is |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 64-67 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 Page: 241-5, 278 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 7-9 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Aggregate Assessment of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario Canada
Publication Number: Ott Agg Date: 1979
Author: Fletcher, T.W. and Klugman, M.A.
Publisher Name: Municipality of Ottawa/Carleton and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 24 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: GL08.0 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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