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| Record Name(s) | Hamilton - 1990, Benjamin Canby - 1990, George Hamilton - 1990, Hiram Capron - 1990, Smith and Allchin - 1990, Spottlswood - 1990, Williams Holme - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Township or Area: Dumfries
Latitude: 43° 11' 29.57" Longitude: -80° 22' 58.95"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 550130.8 Northing: 4782270.9 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P01NW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: CONC: TOWN OF PARIS
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: S of Ninth River, N of Hwy 2, 150 m SW of the Grand River on the south side of the Town of Paris.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF PARIS, PRODUCTION: BETWEEN 1805 AND 1880; no production between 1857-64. apprximately 54000 tons production.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Formation Group: Salina
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - 30 cm thick sugary/massive gypsum lenses with eyes of clear crystalline gypsum(selenite) in shaly dolomite beds.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Gypsum | 2 | Is |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Gypsum in Canada, its occurrence, exploitation and technology; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 245
Publication Number: CMB Pub 245 Page: 67 Date: 1913
Author: Cole, L H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20728
Map - Bedrock topography of the Brantford area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2035 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Karrow P.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - 1994, MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author: Feenstra, B.H.
Publisher Name:
Location: MMIC
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 - POTTER 1988, SECTION 38 PROJECT
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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
MonoMap - Pleistocene geology of the Brantford area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: IMR037 Page: 52 Date: 1997
Author: Cowan W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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