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Record: MDI40P01NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Torrence - 1981, William Haynes & James Wright - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Aug-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gypsum



Location

Township or Area: Brantford

Latitude: 43° 10' 39.38"    Longitude: -80° 21' 17.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 552428.83   Northing: 4780739.9    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P01NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PRODUCTION: ONLY FOR EXPLORATORY PURPOSES IN 1846.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Salina



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - No geological information is available except for excellent specimens of gypsum were obtained while driving a shaft from the the Grand River bank in 1895.




Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REP. 1994

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author: Feenstra, B.H.

Publisher Name:

Location: MMIC


Book - Gypsum in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and technology; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 245

Publication Number: CMB 245 Page: 66, 76  Date: 1913

Author: Cole, L.H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20728


Part - Geology of the gypsum deposits of southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV34-02.002 Page: 48  Date: 1998

Author: Dyer W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gypsum in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 101  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Paleozoic geology, Grimsby, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2343 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Liberty B.A., Feenstra B.H., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Brantford area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1984 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1979

Author: Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - OBM AR 1895 , P 291-292

Publication Number: N/A Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Book - 1994, FINAL REPORT OF MINE SITE EXAMINATION

Publication Number: N/A Date:

Author: Patrick Chance and Associates

Publisher Name:

Location: MMIC


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