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Record: MDI40P09SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Old Guelph Reformatory Quarry - 1990, Guelph Correctional Centre Quarry - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-21
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux), Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

Township or Area: Guelph

Latitude: 43° 32' 57.36"    Longitude: -80° 11' 56.99"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 564690.541   Northing: 4822124.243    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P09SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PRODUCTION: WAS IN PRODUCTION AS A SOURCE OF AGGREGATES, and CHEMICAL STONE NOT PB and ZN, TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF GUELPH.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: LOWER SILURIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2542



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - This Pb-Zn occurrence is in the same location of the Old Guelph Reformatory Quarry (MDI40P09SE00005); the geology and references are described there.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GalenaEconomicOre
10SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 47-49  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:


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:


Thesis - The Nature and Origin of Lead-Zinc Mineralization, Middle Silurian Dolomites, Southern Ontario

Publication Number: MSc Thesis Date: 1985

Author: Tworo, A.G.

Publisher Name: University of Waterloo

Location: Tweed RGP


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