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Record: MDI40J16NW00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dow-Sarnia 1-16-2 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Sarnia

Latitude: 42° 55' 58.83"    Longitude: -82° 20' 55.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 389946.35   Northing: 4754258.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J16NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

THICKNESS AND DEPTH OF A-2 AND D SALT UNITS: 34.8M BETWEEN 739.8 AND 774.6M (U MINING POTENTIAL) AND 15.2M BETWEEN 563.4 AND 578.6M, THICKNESS AND DEPTH OF B SALT UNITS: 93.6M BETWEEN DEPTHS OF 600.0 AND 693.6M (S MINING POTENTIAL), THICKNESS AND DEPTH F UNIT UNDIFFERENT.: 124.0 THICK BETWEEN DEPTHS OF 417.0 AND 541.0M.




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

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 - MNR 1982, Petroleum Resources Well Card

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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