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Record: MDI41A03SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Formosa Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Carrick

Latitude: 44° 3' 54.49"    Longitude: -81° 12' 43.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 483019.65   Northing: 4879129.19    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A03SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Is

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

References

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


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

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 157  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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