Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Charles Lake - 1969, Gleason Lake - 1999 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1984-Aug-30 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Marl
Township or Area: Keppel
Latitude: 44° 46' 31.73" Longitude: -81° 1' 33.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 497944 Northing: 4958009.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A14SE
Point Location Description: General, LOT: 24, 25 CONC: 23, LOT: 24, 25 CONC: 34
Location Method: Data Compilation
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Marl | Is |
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Dolomitic Rock | 2 | Guelph-Amabel Formation | Adjacent |
Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Charles Lake occupies an area of 140 acres. The shores are low and stony and tall cane reeds are common around the shallow fringe. Marl may be found in a small (45 acres) lake one mile to the north in lot 23 concessions 25 and 26.
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) - Charles Lake marl is of poor quality. A 6-foot section analysed 64.6 % CaCO3, 3.5% MgCO3, 1.03% Fe2O3 and 12.64% insoluable. The dry powder is grey with a very low brightness. Oil absorption is high. The crude marl is 75.2% waterl 420 pounds of dry marl are available in one cubic yard of the crude.
MonoMap - Marl in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR028 Page: 54, 129, 134 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Proposed high priority industrial mineral resources effective reserve areas, Niagara Escarpment planning area (NEPA)
Publication Number: P1235 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1997
Author: Narain M., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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