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Record: MDI40P02SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Carmeuse Lime (Beachville) Ltd-West Quar - 9999, Carmeuse North America- Global Stone Ing - 1999, Oglebay Norton- Global Stone Ingersoll- - 1998, Global Stone Ingersoll- Ingersoll Quarry - 1992, Stelco - 1965, Chemical Lime Ltd. (Stelco) - 1945, Innerkip Lime and Stone Quarry - 1936
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Aug-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)

Secondary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Oxford (On Thames)

Latitude: 43° 3' 19.24"    Longitude: -80° 52' 4.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 510763.123   Northing: 4766969.248    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P02SW

Point Location Description: N/A

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: P, LOT: 14, 15, CONC: 2,3; LOT:13, 14 CONC: 4 (N. OXFORD/ZORRA TWP); LOT:15-18, CONC: BF (W. OXFORD TWP.).



Exploration History

TOWNSHIPS: NOW PART OF 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) - The quarry exposes 33.4 m of the Anderdon Memeber of the Lucas Formation. The lower 28.3 m predominantely consists of bioclastic and microcrystalline limestones and calcarenites. The distinctive feature in this quarry is the top 5.1 m of the Lucas Formation which is a sandy, limestone facies of the Anderdon Member; it is a distinctive caprock. Overburden averages 7.0 m. The new Millenium Deposit is under development north of the railway tracks from 1998 to 2000; overburden in this area averages 30m.




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 33.4 MIDDLE DEVONIAN OGS, MAP 2582, OFR 5992
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Lucas Formation 1999 Probable 240000000 OGS, OFR 5992, David Singleton - October 1997 Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 98.5 NA
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1999 1200000 Limestone (Chemical/Flux) 235000000
OGS, OFR 5992 PROVEN

References

Book - AAPG 1951, BULL V35, P1879-1888--MIDDLE DEV COLUMBUS LIMEST NEAR INGERSOLL ON

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1951

Author: Ehlers, G. and Stumm, E.

Publisher Name:

Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC


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


Book - BEST 1953, PHD, U OF WIS. P107-168

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1953

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: MINES LIBRARY


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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 264  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Book - GAC 1975, FIELD GUIDE PART B, P67

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1975

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: MINES LIBRARY


Book - GAC-MAC 1984, GUIDE. 1, P32--PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY SW ONTARIO

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1984

Author: Telford, P.G. and Johnson, M.D.

Publisher Name:

Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC


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: 43-44  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 - IGC 1972, FIELD GUIDE.A45-C45, P6-7--EXCURSION A45/C45, STRATIG & PALEO OF S. ON

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1972

Author: Winder, C.G. and Sandford, B.D.

Publisher Name:

Location: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC


Book - MICH GEOL SOC 1956, GUIDE. P14--DEVONIAN STRATA OF SW ONTARIO

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: 151-154  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 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: Southwestern Ontario RGP/ MMIC


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 155-158  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: 71-73  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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