Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Stratheran Quarry - 1991, Strathearn Quarry - 2004 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolostone
Township or Area: March
Latitude: 45° 21' 36.93" Longitude: -75° 54' 37.92"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 428687.204 Northing: 5023375 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05SW
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 0.8 km east of Strathearn.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This overgrown quarry is located about 3 km north of Kanata.
The quarry probably provided crushed stone many years ago for local construction.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Oxford formation: 1.4 m thick.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Scale: 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 - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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