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Record: MDI40P13SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Imperial Oil No 563-Colborne 12-Lre - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Salt



Location

Township or Area: Colborne

Latitude: 43° 49' 8.53"    Longitude: -81° 41' 20.49"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 444590.34   Northing: 4852004.6    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P13SE

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 12 CONC: LAKE RANGE EAST

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

THICKNESS AND DEPTH OF A-2 SALT UNIT: 30 M THICK BETWEEN 517 AND 547M DEPTH (U MINING POTENTIAL), THICKNESS AND DEPTH OF B SALT UNIT: 73 M THICK BETWEEN 403 AND 476M DEPTH (S MINING POTENTIAL), UNDIFFERENTIATED F UNIT: F UNIT IS 15 M THICK BETWEEN 323 AND 338M DEPTH.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 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

References

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

Publication Number: Paper 65-41 Date: 1966

Author: Liberty, B.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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


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


File - MNR 1956, Petroleum Resources Well Card

Publication Number: Date: 1996

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