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Record: MDI41A14SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ebel Quarry - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1983-Oct-12
Date Last Modified 2023-May-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Amabel

Latitude: 44° 45' 5.25"    Longitude: -81° 10' 24.36"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 486271.85   Northing: 4955355.7    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A14SE

Point Location Description: Precise, Lot: 6,8 Conc: 23

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1950s: Quarry opens; 2023: Ebel Quarries Inc. was purchased by Polycor Inc., prior to the acquisition - the quarries staffed 30 employees.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Michigan Basin

Formation Group: Eramosa

Geological Age: Paleozoic   Geochronological Age: Middle Silurian   Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5DolomiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Article - New owner of Ebel Quarries near Wiarton plans expansion

Publication Number: Date: 2023

Author: Dunn, S.

Publisher Name: The Owen Sound Sun Times

Location: https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/new-owner-of-ebel-quarries-near-wiarton-plans-expansion


File - Resident Geologist files - Ebel Quarries company file

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP office


Map - Geology, Cape Croker, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map 19-1965

Publication Number: GSC 19-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1996

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, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1194A

Publication Number: GSC 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


Map - Chart D-Paleozoic and Mesozoic depositional sequences and events in Ontario/Distribution of Paleozoic and Mesozoic depositional sequences

Publication Number: M2582 Date: 1992

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 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: 130-131  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:


Article - Southwestern Resident Geologist's District - 1988

Publication Number: MP142.019 Date: 1997

Author: Feenstra B.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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: 13  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 50  Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5662 Page: 1,2,53,66-68  Date: 1988

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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