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MDI40P02NE00003
| Record Name(s) | Callan Estate Innerkip Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Zorra
Latitude: 43° 12' 4.49" Longitude: -80° 41' 42.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 524771.558 Northing: 4783208.502 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P02NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located 2 km southeast of Innerkip and between the Canadian pacific railway and the village.
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF ZORRA.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: UPPER SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The Bertie-Akron dolomite formation is exposed at the Innerkip area in several quarries. Three types of stone are available viz pure dolomie, argillaceous dolomite and cherty calcium limestone. Lime was made here at one time. In the southwest part of the quarry, 8 feet of cream-coloured,dense-textured, soft dolomites is exposed beneath 4-12 feet of soil. Analyses of three samples from this area are given by Goudge(1938).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 26, 258, 265 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
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
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 141 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 39-40 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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