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Record: MDI40P04SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Adelaide Brine Field - 1982, Midrim Mining Company - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Apr-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Adelaide

Latitude: 43° 1' 31.61"    Longitude: -81° 42' 59.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 441622.56   Northing: 4763889.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P04SE

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT:10 CONC:1 NORTHEAST RANGE, LOT:10 CONC:2 NORTHEAST RANGE, LOT:10 CONC:3 NORTHEAST RANGE

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Adjacent
Evaporite-unsubdivided 2 Anhydrite Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - A two-salt unit is 11m thick between 518m and 529m depth, with additional salt horizons noted in core logs.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - CIM 1984, SP. VOL 29, P143-144

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1263A

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 - Distribution, thickness and three-dimensional geometry of salt deposits, southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 401

Publication Number: GSC OF 401 Date: 1977

Author: Sanford, B.V.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129206


Mono - Salt in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR006 Page: 33-35  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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