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Record: MDI40J16NE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Imp 778 Schaaf 1-Plympton 6-23-6 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-05
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-01
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Plympton

Latitude: 42° 59' 43.81"    Longitude: -82° 3' 38.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 413539.44   Northing: 4760861.33    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J16NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5HaliteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 01, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Thickness and depth of a-2 salt unit: 29.9 m thick between depths of 657.1 and 687.0 m (u mining potential), thickness and depth of B and D salt unit: 93.3 m between 521.8 and 615.1 m (s mining potential) and 14 m between of 491 and 505 m, undifferentiated F unit: 18.3 m thick between depths of 385.0 and 403.3 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

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


File - Petroleum Resources Well Card 1961

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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