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| Record Name(s) | Armstrong Township Deposit - 1987, Earlton Airport Quarry - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Armstrong
Latitude: 47° 41' 46.28" Longitude: -79° 52' 35.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 584302 Northing: 5283145 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M12NW
Point Location Description: Centre of Quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the intersection of highway 640 and 571, drive toward airport on highway 640 for 4.2km. Quarry entrance is on south side of highway 640.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Timiskaming Outlier
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Jul 19, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quarry lies within a narrow, down-faulted block of Silurian Thornloe Fm. The stone is medium to thick-bedded and chert is commonly found as beds and nodules throughout the section.
Jul 19, 2010 (A Wilson) - Samples from different horizons within the quarry section provided a composite value of 25.6% CaO, 18.82% MgO and 12.27% SiO2.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1965 | 90718 |
Dolostone 90718 |
OFR5661 | Approximately 100,000 tons of material was extracted from the quarry for construction of the airport. |
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - An evaluation of the Lake Timiskaming Paleozoic outlier for potentially exploitable limestone and dolostone deposits
Publication Number: OFR5661 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Grant W.T., Owsiacki L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, an evaluation of the Lake Timiskaming Paleozoic outlier, for potentially exploitable limestone and dolostone deposits, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P3101 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grant W.T., Owsiacki L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Englehart-Earlton area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: MP069 Scale: Date: 1977
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Englehart-Earlton area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P1249 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Lovell H.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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