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Record: MDI40J03SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Colwell Grove - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Malden

Latitude: 42° 6' 5.27"    Longitude: -83° 6' 39.51"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 325448.09   Northing: 4663198.27    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J03SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF AMHERSTBURG, THICKNESS: 18.2 M AT A DEPTH OF 81.7M.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DolomiteEconomicOre
10QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Silica in Canada its occurrence, exploitation, and uses part I Eastern Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 555

Publication Number: CMB 555 Page: 13  Date: 1923

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307756


Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1263A

Publication Number: GSC Map 1263A Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 1969

Author: Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109120


Part - Sylvania sandstone deposit at Amherstburg

Publication Number: ARV38-04.008 Page: 41-46  Date: 1997

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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