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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI40P13SE00002

Record: MDI40P13SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Goderich Salt Company Brine Field - 1981, Samual Platt - 1981, Goderich Petroleum Company - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Jul-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Colborne

Latitude: 43° 45' 12.74"    Longitude: -81° 41' 44.21"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 443999.42   Northing: 4844734.54    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P13SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

THICKNESS: SALT HORIZON 12.5M THICK BETWEEN 293.8M AND 306.3M DEPTH.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: LATE SILURIAN   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS, MAP 2582



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Adjacent
Salt 2 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5HaliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular LATE SILURIAN OGS, MAP 2582
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

Book - CIM 1984, SP. VOL 29, P143-144

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Publication - Report on the salt deposits of Canada and the salt industry; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 325

Publication Number: CMB Pub 325 Page: 30-32  Date: 1915

Author: Cole, L H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307591


Publication - The salt industry of Canada

Publication Number: CMB 716 Page: 31-33  Date: 1930

Author: Cole, L H

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/18468


Map - Geology, Lucknow, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map 27-1965

Publication Number: GSC Map 24-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108590


Publication - Geology of the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 65-41

Publication Number: GSC Paper 65-41 Date: 1966

Author: Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100935


Map - Geology, Bruce Peninsula area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1194A

Publication Number: GSC Map 1194A Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

Author: Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108938


Publication - Distribution, thickness and three-dimensional geometry of salt deposits, southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 401

Publication Number: OF 401 Date: 1977

Author: Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129206


Mono - Salt in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR006 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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