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Record: MDI41A11NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Owen Sound Ledgerock - Owen Sound (Cruickshank) Quarry - 1983, Cruickshank Quarry - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1983-Oct-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Keppel

Latitude: 44° 35' 23.95"    Longitude: -81° 2' 37.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 496534.84   Northing: 4937405.74    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A11NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - This quarry exposes up to 3.2 m of the Eramosa Member of the Amabel Formation. Quarry in has concentrated on the lowermost unit, a laminated dolostone which is lithologically similar to the “marble” beds of the Eramosa Member. The upper unit at this quarry is a thin-bedded, light brown dolostone which is only present in thin patches in the southwest corner of the property.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1983 1 MDI PROVEN

References

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Publication Number: Map 19-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108603


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, Bruce Peninsula Area; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1194A

Publication Number: M1194A Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

Author: Liberty. B.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108938


Publication - Paleozoic geology of the Bruce Peninsula area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 360

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 360 Page: 88  Date: 1971

Author: Liberty, B A; Bolton, T E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102382


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP003A Page: 132-133  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:


Book - MNDM-SW DISTR.1988, RES.PROP.REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

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Location: Southeastern Ontario


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT COMPANY FILE

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

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Location: Southeastern Ontario


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 126  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 58  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 2, limestone

Publication Number: IMR015 Page: 10-11  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 55  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of Keppel and Sarawak townships, Grey County, southern Ontario

Publication Number: ARIP119 Page: 14-15  Date: 1985

Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Stratigraphy and resource potential of the Eramosa Member (Amabel Formation), Bruce Peninsula, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5662 Page: 72-74  Date: 1988

Author: Armstrong D.K., Meadows J.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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