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| Record Name(s) | Bruce Peninsula Stone- Wiarton Quarry - 9999, Bruce Penisula Stone-Ross Property Quarry - 9999, Ross Quarry - 9999 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 2003-Jan-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Dec-14 |
| Created By | M Barua |
| Revised By | M Barua |
Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Amabel
Latitude: 44° 45' 59.1" Longitude: -81° 11' 49.18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484410.839 Northing: 4957021.659 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A14SE
Point Location Description: Centre of quarry
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 2 km west of Wiarton and 1 km north on Westside Quarry Rd.
The quarry was licensed and developed in 2001 immediately north of Ross Quarry which was opened in 1970. commercial production was started in 2002.
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 the Guelph Formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolostone | 1 | Host |
|---|
Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Laminated, thin-bedded, light grey to brown, fine to medium crystalline dolostone.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | MIDDLE SLIURIAN | OGS MAP 2582 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2000 |
Dolomite (Building Stone) 2000000 |
FIRST YEAR PRODUCTION TONNAGE ESTIMATED. LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING STONE |
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume III --Limestone Industries and Resources of Central and Southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP003A Scale: 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
MonoMap - Paleozoic Geology of the Central Bruce Peninsula
Publication Number: OFR5856 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Armstrong D.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Stratigraphy and resource potential of the Eramosa Member (Amabel Formation), Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5662 Scale: Date: 1988
Author: Armstrong D.K., Meadows J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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