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Record Name(s) | Shallow Lake Quarry - 1902, The North American Chemical, Mining and Manufacturing Co. - 1889, Owen Sound Portland Cement Company - 1900, Canada Cement Company Ltd. - 1909 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1991-Jan-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Keppel
Latitude: 44° 36' 54.82" Longitude: -81° 4' 42.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 493768.83 Northing: 4940211.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A11SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
1889 – The North American Chemical, Mining, and Manufacturing Company – mining; 1900-1909 – Owen Sound Portland Cement Company - mining 1909-1914: Canada Cement Company Limited - mining
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Is |
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Feb 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - The bedrock is Amabel Dolomite.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - Shallow Lake marl is of fair quality. A 5 ftoot section averaged 87.0% CaCO3, 2.9% MgCO3, 0.34% Fe2O3, and 1.96% insoluble. The crude marl is 47.3% water; and 870 pounds of dry marl are contained in one cubic yard of the crude.
Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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1909 | 10 | MDI |
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, 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
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