Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Wiarton Stone Quarry Inc - 9999 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Producing Mine |
Date Created | 2003-Jan-07 |
Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Amabel
Latitude: 44° 45' 12.55" Longitude: -81° 10' 37.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 485986.56 Northing: 4955581.62 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A14SE
Point Location Description: Centre of quarry
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 1 km west of Wiarton on the north side of the Bruce County Road 21.
The quarry was develope/operated by Mike Ebel and the first production information received by the District Geologist was from the year 1999.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Michigan Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic Geochronological Age: MIDDLE SILURIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Eramosa Member of Guelph Formation.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Interbedded dark brown, laminated, bituminous dolostone and thin to medium-bedded, light to dark brown dolostone.
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 |
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Tabular |
Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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1999 | 2000 |
Dolomite (Building Stone) 2000000 |
FLAGSTONE, LANDSCAPING STONE AND BUILDING STONE |
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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