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Record: MDI41A14SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Charles Lake Quarry - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Keppel

Latitude: 44° 45' 50.44"    Longitude: -81° 1' 40.04"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 497800.85   Northing: 4956735.86    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A14SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 24, 2017 (A Wilson) - There is a small quarry opening where a few mill blocks have been removed. Overburden is shallow on a small limestone scarp north of the lake. Several hundred square feet of stone have been stripped. Three to five feet of light buff and grey-banded, fine crystalline, massive bedded Amabel dolomite is exposed




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1984 1 MDI

References

Map - Geology, Cape Croker, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 19-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108603


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

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 - Building stones of Ontario, part 2, limestone

Publication Number: IMR015 Page: 19  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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