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| Record Name(s) | Ross Quarry - 2001, Sintra (Ross Quarry) - 2001, R.C. .Ross Quarry - 2001, East Hawkesbury - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1982-Apr-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: East Hawkesbury
Latitude: 45° 33' 59.97" Longitude: -74° 31' 39.55"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 536859.321 Northing: 5046010.589 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G10SE
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol in lots 27/28, con 2.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Sintra Inc quarry is located in lot 29, con 2.
Pre-18511 : stone used for construction - in the building of the Grenvile and Carillon canals. 1912 : there were 3 openings on the NW side of the knoll which was quarried, but now idle. Stone was used in St. Philip's church, Hawkesbury; the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches, Vankleek Hill. 1976 : MTC quarry # H4-47 was noted as active and named 'Hawkesbury Country Club' (lot 29, con 1). Stone from the quarry has probably been used in the construction of Hwys 17 and 417. 1989 : Sintra Inc operate the quarry (on lot 29, con 2) on an intermittent basis, for local road construction. 1991 : Whissell Concrete Products is named on lot 28, con 1.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - See section LQ HA-2 (OGS 1991) : Whissell Concrete Products, lot 28, con 1. 4.50 m of upper Rockliffe Formation massive limestone (with stylolites, cross-bedding and brachiopods) overlies 5.00 m of lower Rockliffe Formation sandstone with shale interbeds.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Massive | Is |
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| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31, 1917; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 493
Publication Number: CMB Pub 493 Page: 28 Date: 1918
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307707
Publication - Summary report of investigations made by the Mines Branch during the calendar year ending December 31, 1921; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 586
Publication Number: CMB Pub 586 Page: 278 Date: 1923
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20739
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 155-156 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Preliminary report on the geology of a portion of central Ontario situated in the counties of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), pt. J
Publication Number: GSC AR 6J Page: 136 Date: 1894
Author: Adams, F D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297128
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 5 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
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 Page: 32-33 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:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 231 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: EH01.0 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral resource survey, the united counties of Prescott and Russell, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5217 Page: 32 Date: 1976
Author: Fraser J.Z.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Preliminary report on the limestones of Quebec and Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 682
Publication Number: CMB Pub 682 Page: 33 Date: 1927
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307855
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 189-190 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Report of Progress for the year, 1851-52
Publication Number: Rep Prog 1851-2 Page: 34-35, 54 Date: 1996
Author: Logan, W E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123559
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