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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI40I14NW00003

Record: MDI40I14NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caradoc - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Caradoc

Latitude: 42° 55' 26.87"    Longitude: -81° 27' 46.86"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 462213.82   Northing: 4752493.7    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40I14NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

ORIGIN: QUATERNARY DUNE SANDS.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sand 1 Sand Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10FeldsparEconomicOre
15QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT 1985,INTER. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Map - Pleistocene geology of the St. Thomas area (west half), southern Ontario

Publication Number: P0238 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1997

Author: Dreimanis A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Article - Light minerals and specialty sand in southern Ontario

Publication Number: MP140.307 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Butler J.W., Hicock S.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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