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MDI40P09NE00007
| Record Name(s) | Ashenhurst Brothers - 1991, Erin Quarry - 1991, Ritchie Cut Stone Ltd - 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-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Erin
Latitude: 43° 43' 51.61" Longitude: -80° 6' 14.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 572148.349 Northing: 4842386.66 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This is one of the small quarries located in the vicinity of Lots 13/14 Conc V/VI operated by Ashenhurst Bros. in the Erin Tp.
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) - The quarry has a face of about 3m in which exposed beds range from 15 cm to 60 cm. The beds are evenly bedded, light brown in colour without any fossil/cavity.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
| 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 - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 271-272 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: 290 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 2, limestone
Publication Number: IMR015 Page: 38 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 24 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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