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| Record Name(s) | E. Harvey-Rockwood 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-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Eramosa
Latitude: 43° 36' 42.92" Longitude: -80° 8' 20.17"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 569483.545 Northing: 4829131.362 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This abandoned quarry is located 0.75 km south of Rockwood Town Hall.
This idle quarry on the south side of Eramosa River was used for making lime by E.Harvey Ltd.
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 face of this 152m-square quarry varies fro 5.5 to 12 m in height . This is due to variation in purity, presence of reef-like masses containing argillaceous streaks and dip of about 11 degrees in various directions. The stone for making lime was taken from the stratified beds, which consist mostly of buff-grey, fine-grained, hard, porous, pure dolomite.
| 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 |
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 204, 288, 291, 296 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 Page: 142 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: MMIC
Part - The limestones of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 121-122 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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:
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