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Record: MDI41A03SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ontario Hydro - Formosa Quarry # 3 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Brant

Latitude: 44° 6' 6.97"    Longitude: -81° 13' 8.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 482466.67   Northing: 4883218.23    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A03SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PURITY: IS A HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE APPROXIMATELY 98% PURE CACO3.




Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 0 MDI UNCLASSIFIED BUT EXISTING

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 210-211  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Book - GSA 1961, BULL VOL 72, P341-350

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Publication - Devonian of southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 34

Publication Number: GSC Mem 34 Date: 1915

Author: Stauffer, C.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100508


Map - Geology, Walkerton, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map 25-1965

Publication Number: GSC Map 25-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108588


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


Book - JSP 1983, VOL 53 NO 1, P295-317

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Book - KLEIN 1980, MSC U OF WINDSOR 233P

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 156  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

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Book - MNDM-SW DISTR. 1985, RES.PROP.REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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