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| Record Name(s) | Carmeuse Lime (Beachville) Ltd- Centre Q - 9999, Carmeuse North America- Beachvilime Ltd. - 1999, Carmeuse-Beachvilime Ltd.- West Quarry - 1992, Domtar- Beachvilime Ltd.- West Quarry - 1984, Dofasco- Beachvilime Ltd.- West Quarry - 1973, Cyanamid of Canada -Beachville - 1929, Beachville White Lime Co. - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: Oxford (On Thames)
Latitude: 43° 3' 57.48" Longitude: -80° 51' 27.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 511593.157 Northing: 4768150.263 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P02SW
Point Location Description: SEE ACCESS DESCRIPTION.....
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: P, LOT:14-16, CONC: 3 AND 4, LOT:16-18, CONC: 2, LOT:15-17, CONC:3 (ZORRA TWP); LOT:12, 14, 15, CONC: BF (SW OXFORD TWP).
TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF WEST OXFORD and ZORRA TOWNSHIPS.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE DEVONIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582, OFR 5992
Dec 07, 2005 (J Stewart) - A total of 24.1 m section is exposed in the quarry, and consists entirely of the Anderdon Member of the Lucas Formation (Detroit River Group). The strata in this quarry consists of bioclastic limestones, interbedded microcrystalline limestones and calcarenites. Overburden averages 24 m in the vicinity of the quarry.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratabound |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 24.1 | 24 | MIDDLE DEVONIAN | OGS MAP 2582; MNR LIMESTONE, VOL #3 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderdon Member | 1999 | Probable | 45000000 | OGS, OFR 5992 | Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 97.5 NA |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 450000 |
Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 450000000 |
OGS, OFR 5992 | PROVEN |
Book - AAPG 1951, BULL V35, P1789-1888, MIDDLE DEVONIAN COLUMBUS LIMSTNE NEAR INGERSOLL
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1951
Author: Lehlers, G.M. and Stumm, E.C.
Publisher Name:
Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC
Map - Quaternary geology, Woodstock, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2281 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Cowan W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Thesis - Pre-Hamilton Devonian stratigraphy, southwestern Ontario, Canada
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1953
Author: Best, E.W.
Publisher Name: University of Wisconsin
Location:
Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario
Publication Number: 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 - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 277-278 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 263-264 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Brantford area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 226
Publication Number: GSC Mem 226 Page: 52 Date: 1941
Author: Caley, J.F.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101622
Book - MICH GEOL SOC 1956, FIELD GUIDE P13, DEVONAN STRATA OF THE LONDON/SARNIA AREA
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1956
Author: Stumm, E.C. et al.
Publisher Name:
Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 141-151 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:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 14 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: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC
Part - The limestones of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 48, 92, 96 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 152-155 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 68-69 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Quaternary geology of the Woodstock area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: R119 Date: 1975
Author: Cowan W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Petrographic and chemical properties affecting calcining of high purity carbonates
Publication Number: OFR5675 Page: 22,24&27 Date: 1987
Author: Hudec P.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Devonian conodonts and stratigraphy of southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 332
Publication Number: GSC Bull 332 Page: 44 Date: 1982
Author: Uyeno, T T; Telford, P G; Sanford, B V
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119432
Book - USGS 1976, PROF. PAP. 869, P134, NONCYSTOMORPH COLONIAL RUGOSE CORAL..
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1976
Author: Oliver, W.A.
Publisher Name:
Location: MINES LIBRARY
Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeast and Southwest Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR5992 Page: 5-6 Date: 1999
Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Laidlaw D.A., Stewart J.M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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