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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI41A10SW00005

Record: MDI41A10SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Browns Lime Works - Owen Sound Quarry - 1915, Shallow Lake Property - 1915
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Derby, Derby

Latitude: 44° 32' 53.01"    Longitude: -80° 55' 37.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 505799   Northing: 4932750    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A10SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1915-1998: Owen Sound Quarry – in production




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Brown's Lime Works 1915 Exhausted 1
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 10 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Map - Geology, Owen Sound, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 21-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108584


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

Publication Number: Paper 65-41 Scale:     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 Scale:     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

Location:


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