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Record: MDI31G10SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) L'Orignal - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1982-Apr-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Crushed Stones), Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Longueuil

Latitude: 45° 35' 52.07"    Longitude: -74° 45' 40.1"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 518629.081   Northing: 5049389.143    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G10SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: This quarry is located 5 km west of the Village of L'Orignal.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Bobcaygeon formation: total thickness 15.2 m.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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 - 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:


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