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Record: MDI31G06NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canaan - 1990, Clarence Township Quarry - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1990-Oct-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-01
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Clarence

Latitude: 45° 27' 7.18"    Longitude: -75° 17' 12.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 477567.97   Northing: 5033203.21    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G06NW

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 0.5 Km ENE of Canaan.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 4.5 Km E of Sarsfield.



Exploration History

Developed in 1950 by Clarence Township for road construction materials and local sales. Since 1967 McNealy Engineering Ltd of Nepean has managed production, etc.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The 17 m deep quarry exposes the lower member of the Lindsay Formation in a single lift.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 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 - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 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

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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