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Record: MDI40P02NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Innerkip Park Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Zorra

Latitude: 43° 12' 13.69"    Longitude: -80° 42' 3.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 524292.555   Northing: 4783490.504    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P02NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Located on the west side of the highway leading into Innerkip from the south.



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF ZORRA.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: LOWER DEVONIAN  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - This small abandoned quarry exposes about 3 m thinly bedded, buff and grey limestone containing a great deal of chert of Bois Blanc Formation




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChertEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 257-264  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

Location: MMIC


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