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Record: MDI40P02SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
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
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1981-Aug-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

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).



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF WEST OXFORD and ZORRA TOWNSHIPS.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: MIDDLE DEVONIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582, OFR 5992



Geology Comments

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.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CalciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: None

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Tabular 24.1 24 MIDDLE DEVONIAN OGS MAP 2582; MNR LIMESTONE, VOL #3
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Anderdon Member 1999 Probable 45000000 OGS, OFR 5992 Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 97.5 NA
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1999 450000 Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 450000000
OGS, OFR 5992 PROVEN

References

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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