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| Record Name(s) | A & A Natural Stone Ltd./ A&A Quarry - 1970, A. Dawn Forbes - 1991, C. E. McCartney Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Keppel
Latitude: 44° 42' 5.12" Longitude: -81° 5' 59.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 492096 Northing: 4949788 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A11NE
Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 7,9 CONC: 18
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The quarry is located 8 km south of Wiarton, about 3 km east of Highway 6 and is licensed for 12.5 ha. Two men are employed for a six month season from May to October.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - This quarry exposes up to 3.4 m of the Eramosa Member of the Amabel Formation in three small excavations ( 1 m of this interval is exposed in an exploration excavation). The upper-most of the two units present, a buff- brown, medium- to thick-bedded dolostone, is exposed in all three excavations, although it is not present in the northern half of the property. The lower unit, a grey-brown, laminated dolostone, quarried for flagstone is similar in lithology to the locally termed “marble” beds found in other Eramosa Member quarries on the Bruce Peninsula.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - The quarry is small, about 35 m by 15 m and is worked on a single 3 m bench. A thin layer of medium- bedded dolostone at the top of the section is sometimes saved for general gardening and rockery stone. This quarry exposes up to 3.4 m (lowermost 1 m only exposed in small exploratory excavation) of the Eramosa Member, consisting of parts of the Middle and "Marble" Units, in three excavations. The Middle Unit is only present in the southern half of the McCartney property.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1991 | 1 | MDI | PROVEN |
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
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
Map - Geology, Bruce Peninsula Area, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1194A Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Liberty, B A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108938
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A 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:
Book - MNDM-SW DISTR.1988,RES.PROP.REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
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Location:
Mono - Aggregate resources inventory of Keppel and Sarawak townships, Grey County, southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARIP119 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Stratigraphy and resource potential of the Eramosa Member (Amabel Formation), Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5662 Scale: Date: 1988
Author: Armstrong D.K., Meadows J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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