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| Record Name(s) | Carmeuse North America- Beachvilime Ltd. - 1999, Carmeuse- Beachvilime Ltd- East Quarry - 1992, Beachvilime Ltd. - East Quarry - 1982, Domtar - Beachville - 1982, Gypsum Lime & Alabastine Co - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-12 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: Oxford (On Thames)
Latitude: 43° 4' 38.46" Longitude: -80° 51' .25"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 512205.208 Northing: 4769415.272 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P02SW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 17,18 CONC: 1, 2, 3 (ZORRA TWP.)
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
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) - The quarry exposes 20 m of Anderdon Member of the Lucas Formation (Detroit River Group). This consists of bioclastic limestones, interbedded microcrystalline limestones and calcarenites. Overburden is about 23 m thick.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
|---|
| 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 | MIDDLE DEVONIAN | OGS, MAP 2582, OFR 5992 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Formation | 1999 | Probable | 0 | OGS, OFR 5992 | Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 97.5 % |
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:
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 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:
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 - 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
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
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
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:
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:
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 - 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 - 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
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