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Record: MDI31G11SW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East Becketts - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Cumberland

Latitude: 45° 31' 18.18"    Longitude: -75° 20' 45.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 472974.758   Northing: 5040967.304    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G11SW

Point Location Description: Point at Hwy 17, 0.8 km E of Beckett's Creek.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1/2 ml E of MacLaren's bridge.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Sample # 205 taken from 4 ft of impure magnesian limestone exposed along the Montreal road ( Hwy 17 ) - Gull River Formation ( Black River Group ).




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


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