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| Record Name(s) | Owen Sound Ledgerock-Senesun Quarry - 9999, Wiarton Quarry #2 - 1991, Owen Sound Ledgerock - Wiarton N. Quarry - 1991, Owen Sound Ledgerock - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Nov-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Amabel
Latitude: 44° 45' 46.92" Longitude: -81° 11' 10.25"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 485265.848 Northing: 4956643.667 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A14SE
Point Location Description: Centre of the property's north end.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 3 km west of Wiarton on the north side of the Bruce County Road 21.
Intermittent production since 1967.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Eramosa MB of Guelph Formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Brown, aphanatic, bituminous, 5 to 30 cm thick-bedded dolomite which weathers light grey to buff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | MIDDLE SILURIAN | OGS MAP 2582 |
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
Book - MNDM-SW DISTR.1988, RES.PROP.REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT COMPANY FILE
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - MNR 1987, OBM 10 17 4850 49550
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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MonoMap - Paleozoic Geology of the Central Bruce Peninsula
Publication Number: OFR5856 Date: 1993
Author: Armstrong D.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Stratigraphy and resource potential of the Eramosa Member (Amabel Formation), Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5662 Date: 1988
Author: Armstrong D.K., Meadows J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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