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Record: MDI40J03SE00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Amherst Quarries - Amherstburg Quarry - 1991, Industrial Construction - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jan-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones), Dolostone

Secondary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Malden

Latitude: 42° 5' 48.96"    Longitude: -83° 5' 13.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 327419.1   Northing: 4662646.25    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J03SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is
Dolostone 2 Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 0 MDI PROVEN

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 219  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Windsor-Sarnia area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 240

Publication Number: GSC Mem 240 Page: 33-34  Date: 1946

Author: Caley, J F

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101618


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 143  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

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 167-170  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

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Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Book - MTO 1981, MAT. INFO. R NO50, P28-37

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 168  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 67-69  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 66  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Windsor-Essex and Pelee Island area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1981

Author: Telford P.G., Russell D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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