Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Marsh - 1905, Shallow Lake Marsh - 1905 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1984-Aug-21 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Marl
Township or Area: Keppel, Keppel
Latitude: 44° 37' 12.26" Longitude: -81° 4' 37.44"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 493885.82 Northing: 4940749.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A11SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
1902: Grey and Bruce Portland Cement Company - dredging marl.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Marl | Is |
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Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - The marl was hauled by rail 9 miles to the plant at Owen Sound.
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 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Use of marl from this location was apparently short-lived as the workings are shallow and not extensive. An analysis of the marl was made by Gillespie. The composition of the marl is 84.91% CaCO3; 2.89% MgCO3; 2.00% SiO2; 0.84% Al2O3; 0.50% Fe2O3 and 1.21% SO3.
Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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1984 | 1 | MDI |
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: 141-142, 183 Date: 1998
Author: Gillespie P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Marl in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR028 Page: 60-61 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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