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Record: MDI41A11NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wolseley Lake - 1907, Scale Lake - 1907, Lake Scales - 1907, Colonial Portland Cement Company - 1907
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marl

Secondary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Keppel, Keppel

Latitude: 44° 43' 40.9"    Longitude: -81° 1' 31.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 497988.83   Northing: 4952738.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A11NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Marl Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - The marl of Wolseley Lake was held in reserve by the Colonial Portland Cement Company. The company made cement in their Wiarton plant during 1907 and 1908/ The plant was closed after this short productive life and the Wolseley Lake marl was never used.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - The Wolseley Lake marl is of fair quality. A 10-foot section averaged 80.9% CaCO3, 3.4% MgCO3, 0.30% Fe2O3 and 3.06 insoluble. The crude marl is 70.0% water; 500 pounds of dry marl are contained in one cubic yard of the crude.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geology, Wiarton, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 20-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108583


Part - Cement industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV14-01.006 Page: 139-141  Date: 1998

Author: Gillespie P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Marl in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR028 Page: 62-63, 134  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Wiarton area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2559 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Sharpe D.R., Jamieson G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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