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Record Name(s) | Townsend Lake - 1969 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1990-Dec-03 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Marl
Township or Area: Glenelg
Latitude: 44° 18' .54" Longitude: -80° 46' 35.19"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 517833 Northing: 4905235 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A07SW
Point Location Description: General, LOT: 4 - 6 CONC: 12, LOT: 4 - 6 CONC: 13
Location Method: Data Compilation
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Marl | Is |
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Feb 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - Townsend Lake and the marsh area adjoining on the east side, occupies an area of 150 acres. Silurian Amabel Dolomite is the bedrock in the area.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - Townsend Lake marl is of poor quality. A 20-foot section averaged 59.5% CaCO3, 4.2% MgCO3,0.33% Fe2O3 and 3.54% insoluble. The crude marl is very fluid, containing 89.6% moisture. Only 180 pounds of dry marl could be recovered from one cubic yare of the crude.
Map - Geology, Markdale Ontario
Publication Number: Map 23-1965 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1966
Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108586
Map - Physiography of the northwestern portion of southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2224 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Chapman L.J., Putnam D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Marl in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR028 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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