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Record: MDI31G10SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cliftondale - 1990, McAlpine Quarry - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1990-Oct-18
Date Last Modified 2024-Feb-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Caledonia

Latitude: 45° 32' 24.66"    Longitude: -74° 42' 17.96"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 523031.89   Northing: 5043003.179    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G10SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.5 Km N of Mcalpine.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 7 Km W of Vankleek Hill, N of the road to Caledonia Springs.



Exploration History

Intermittently quarried for 70 years and previously known as the McAlpine Quarry. The old quarry is located immediately to the E of the current workings.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 155  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


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

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 33-34  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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