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| Record Name(s) | Ritchie Cut Stone-Erin Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material), Dolostone
Township or Area: Erin
Latitude: 43° 44' 15.83" Longitude: -80° 6' 39.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 571583.321 Northing: 4843127.677 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located 7 km southwest of Erin, on the bank of Eramosa River in the Erin Township, Wellington County.
The quarry operated in the early 1930s for building stone known as Wellington Limestone and was used in the construction of the College of Pharmacy building (Now University of Toronto) on Gerrard Street. By mid 1930 the quarry was producing only crushed stone due to lack of thick beds, and was finally closed in 1940s.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - This overgrown quarry now exposes about 4 m of Guelph Dolomites, light brown, medium, irregularly bedded(40-60 cm), very fine crystalline. The rock is soft and porous and does not deteriorate with time.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1991 | 0 | MDI |
Map - Paleozoic geology, Guelph, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2342 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale: Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Scale: 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 - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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