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Record: MDI31G11SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stewart Quarry - 1982, Alexander Stewart Quarry - 2000, Rockland (Stewart) Quarry - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Apr-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

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



Location

Township or Area: Clarence

Latitude: 45° 31' 59.18"    Longitude: -75° 18' 8.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 476385.575   Northing: 5042218.822    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G11SW

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 1 Km S of Rockland.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From the junction of Hwy 17 and the turnoff to Rockland business section, turn left towards the business section. At 0.25 Km turn right onto old Hwy 17 and at 0.45 Km turn left and continue along a gravel road. Turn left onto a single lane road at the junction at 2.0 Km and the quarry is at 2.2 Km.



Exploration History

Circa 1912 : abandoned and partly-overgrown.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - calcite and abundant fossils. Displays a significant geological section of the Gull River and Bobcaygeon Formations.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 205  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 180  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: GSC Paper 70-50 Page: 81  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 52  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: 17-18  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: 262-3  Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: CL02.0  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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