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Record: MDI40J06SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canadian Salt Company - Ojibway Mine - 1981, Canadian Rock Salt Co. - 1981, Canadian Ind. Ltd. - 1981, Canadian Salt - 1981, Morton Salt Co. - 1981, Morton Thiokol - 1981, Windsor Salt Co. - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1981-Jul-02
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Sandwich

Latitude: 42° 15' 20.79"    Longitude: -83° 6' 1.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 326739.09   Northing: 4680311.44    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J06SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Township: Now part of the city of Windsor. 1893: Salt was discovered in the Windsor area and a plant was constructed. 1955: The Canadian Salt Company Ltd opened production at the Ojibway Mine. The mine's working level was established at its #1 shaft at the 965 ft level.




Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1HaliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Evaporite
2 Sedimentary

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 7.6 290 Late Silurian

References

Book - 6TH CM&MC 1957, P208-215

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File - Southern Ontario RGP deposit files - SWO section

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Location: Tweed RGP


Book - 6TH INT.SYMP.SALT 1983, V1,P131-138

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Book - CIM 1961, BULL V54 NO.588, P330

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Book - CIMM 1954, ANN. MEETING IN TOR. PAP

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Book - CIMM 1960, ANNUAL MEET. IN TOR. PAP

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Book - CIMM 1984, SPECIAL V29, P148-149

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Book - CMJ 1956, VOL. 77, P37-43

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Book - CMJ 1958, VOL 79 SEPT., P107

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Publication - The salt industry of Canada

Publication Number: CMB 716 Page: 40-41  Date: 1930

Author: Cole, L H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/18468


Publication - The Canadian Mineral Industry in 1960; Mineral Report 7

Publication Number: CBM Min Rep 7 Page: 466, 468, 471  Date: 1963

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Publisher Name: Canada Bureau of Mines

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/247723


Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Windsor-Sarnia area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 278

Publication Number: GSC Mem 278 Page: 5-6  Date: 1955

Author: Brady, W B; Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101501


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


Publication - Distribution, thickness and three-dimensional geometry of salt deposits, southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 401

Publication Number: OF 401 Date: 1977

Author: Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129206


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

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Mono - Salt in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR006 Page: Chart E  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Salt in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR006 Page: 23-30  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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.

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Book - OML 1988, GROUND CONTROL AUDIT 8P

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