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| Record Name(s) | Guelph Dolime Quarry - 1981, Guelph Lime Ltd-Guelph Quarry - 9999, Carmeuse Lime (Beachville) Ltd-Guelph Quarry - 9999, Candian Gypsum - 1981, Beachville Lime - 1981, Christie Henderson - 1981, Dofasco - 1981, Father Doyle - 1981, George Kennedy - 1981, John Howitt - 1981, Standard White Lime - 1981, Wingfield - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material), Dolostone
Secondary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Guelph
Latitude: 43° 31' 16.14" Longitude: -80° 15' 30.68"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 559923.506 Northing: 4818957.121 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40P09SW
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 1,3,4,5 CONC: 4, LOT: 1-5 CONC: 5
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Located on the east bank of Speed River just east of Hwy 24 on the south outskirt of city of Guelph.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - The quarry exposes 16 m of Middle Silurian Guelph Fm underlain by 3 m of Amabel Fm. The Amabel Fm (Eramosa Member) consists thin-bedded, coarse crystalline dark brown bituminous dolostone.Overlying this is 5.5 m of transitiona Eramosa-Gulph Fm dolostone which are grey-green, med-crystalline,massive, fossiliferous dolostones. Ovelying this is 2.5 m of pure white to buff coloured fine to med. crystalline, massive dolostone of Guelph Fm. Overburden is composed of 8-12 m coarse sand.
| 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 |
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:
MonoMap - Aggregate Resources Inventory of Wellington County: Townships of Minto, Arthur, West Luther, Maryborough, Peel, West Garafraxa, Pilkington, Nichol, Guelph, Eramosa, Erin, Puslinch and the City of Guelph
Publication Number: ARIP162 Page: 32, 48 Date: 1999
Author: Planning and Engineering Initiatives Limited, Sedimentary Geoscience Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 22-42, 204-296 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 130 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: v1 p142, v3 p 49-51 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:
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author: OGS
Publisher Name:
Location:
Part - The limestones of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 122, 128 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 124 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 55, 57 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Stone resources of the Niagara Escarpment
Publication Number: IMR031 Page: 50 Date: 1997
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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