report of activities, 1998 resident geologist program

Ontario Geological SurveyOpen File Report 5992

Report of Activities, 1998Resident Geologist Program

Southern Ontario Regional Resident

Geologist Report:

Southeastern and Southwestern

Districts, Mines and Minerals

Information Centre, and Petroleum

Resources Centre

1999

ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Open File Report 5992

Report of Activities, 1998Resident Geologist Program

Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report:Southeastern and Southwestern Districts,Mines and Minerals Information Centre,and Petroleum Resources Centre

by

P.J. Sangster, W.J. McGuinty, V.C. Papertzian, K.G. Steele, C.R. Lee, D.A. Laidlaw, J.M.Stewart and T.R. Carter

1999

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RESIDENT GEOLOGIST PROGRAM

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES - 1998

SOUTHERN ONTARIO

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Contents

Southeast Regional Resident Geologist District -- 1998Introduction 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mining Activity 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tomclid Iron Mine 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Advanced Exploration 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Regis Resources 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madoc Mining Update 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exploration Activity 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diamond Lake Minerals Inc, Graphite Mountain 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A. Banner, Ore Chimney Mine 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sparton Resources, Long Lake Zinc 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.S. Kennedy, Desert Lake Property 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OPAP Highlights -- Wolfe Lake Property 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OPAP Highlights -- Gold Base Occurrence 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OPAP Highlights -- Brougham Township, Feldspar 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OPAP Highlights -- R. Dillman, Tudor Township 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Land Use Planning Activity 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lands for Life 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resident Geologist Program Staff and Activities 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Property Examinations 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M. Glanfield, Payrock Gold Occurrence 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mountain Lake Property, Cavendish Township 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommendations for Exploration 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bancoft Terrane, Pegmatite Dykes 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Methuen Township Ilmenite Deposit 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Muscovite 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OGS Activities and Research by Others 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

References 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Metric Conversion Table 77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figures1. Mining activity 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Exploration activity 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Property visits and claim staking activity 1998 – Southern Regional ResidentGeologist (Southeast) 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tables1. Mining Activity in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Claims recorded and assessment work in 1998 – Southern Regional ResidentGeologist (Southeast) 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Exploration activity in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4. Property Visits Completed in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 17. . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Assessment files received in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 19. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. Statistics 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. Library Acquisitions 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8. Mineral deposits not currently being mined 1998 – Southern Regional ResidentGeologist (Southeast) 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. Historic Production of Gold – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. Historic Production of Copper, Lead and Zinc – Southern Regional ResidentGeologist (Southeast) 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11. Historic Production of Iron – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12. Publications of Ontario Geological Survey Activities in 1998 – Southern RegionalResident Geologist (Southeast) 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Southwest Ontario Resident Geologist District - 1998Introduction 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mining Activity 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Salt 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sifto Canada Inc. – Goderich Mine 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Canadian Salt Company – Ojibway Mine 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Salt in Brine 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gypsum 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CGC Inc. – Hagersville Mine 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Georgia Pacific Canada Inc. – Caledonia No. 3 Mine 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cement 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue Circle Cement – Bowmanville and St. Mary’s Quarries 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lafarge Canada Inc. – Woodstock Quarry 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Lawrence Cement – Mississauga Quarry 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clay/Shale Products 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canada Brick – Aldershot, Burlington, Milton and Streetsville Quarries 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brampton Brick – Cheltenham Quarry 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chemical, Metallurgical & Filler Limestone and Dolostone Products 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd. – Ingersoll Quarry 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BeachviLime Ltd. – Beachville West Quarry 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guelph DoLime Ltd. – Guelph DoLime Quarry 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. C. King Contracting – Sydenham Quarry 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lafarge Canada Inc. – Dundas Quarry 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dimension/Building Stone 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dolostone/Limestone/Marble 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Owen Sound Ledgerock Ltd. – Wiarton, Owen Sound and Senesun Quarries 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandstone 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gneiss 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Aggregate 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crushed Stone 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sand & Gravel 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Advanced Exploration and Development 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Global Stone Ingersoll ltd. – Millennium Quarry 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Canada Brick – Aldershot West Quarry and Plant 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Credit Valley Quarries Co. Ltd. – Terra Cotta Quarry 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exploration Activity 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resident Geologist Program Staff and Activities 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Property Examinations 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommendations for Exploration 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eramosa Member Dolostone of the Guelph Formation 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guelph Formation Dolostone 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

OGS Activities and Research by Others 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

References 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Figures1. Producing Mines and Quarries – Southwest Ontario District, 1998 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Property visits conducted by the Southwest Ontario District geology staff in 1998 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tables1. Mine production and reserves in Southwest Ontario District 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Property visits conducted by the Southwest Ontario District staff 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. New OGS and GSC publications on Southwest Ontario released in 1998 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Selected publications received in 1998 by Southwest Ontario Geology Office 53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Mineral deposits not being mined in Southwest Ontario District in 1998 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Toronto - Mines and Minerals Information Centre - 1998Introduction 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MMIC Services 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERLIS/Geoscience Databases 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Publication Sales 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Library Services 60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MMIC Staff and Activities 60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Tables1. Geoscience journals and peridoicals incorporated into the MMIC library during 1998 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Geoscience and mining related newsletters received by the MMIC library in 1998 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Selected Ontario Geological Survey publications received by MMIC library in 1998 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Selected Geological Survey of Canada publications incorporated into the MMIC libraryduring 1998 66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Selected new reference publications received by the MMIC library in 1998 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Petroleum Resources Centre - 1998Introduction 73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exploration Activity 73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recommendations for Exploration 74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Figures1. Successful exploratory wells in Ontario in 1998 76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tables1. Successful exploratory wells in southwestern Ontario, 1998 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ontario Geological SurveyResident Geologist Program

Southeast Ontario Regional Resident GeologistDistrict—1998

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P.J. Sangster, V.C. Papertzian and D.A. Laidlaw

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SOUTHERN ONTARIO REGIONAL RESIDENTGEOLOGIST (SOUTHEAST) -- 1998P.J. Sangster1 , V.C. Papertzian2 and D.A. Laidlaw3

1 Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey2 Southeastern Ontario District Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey3 Southeastern Ontario District Support Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey

Introduction

In 1998 the District saw continued production from mines and quarry operations both in the GrenvilleProvince and in the Palaeozoic rocks to the south and east. OMYA Canada Inc. completed the third year ofa five--year plant expansion program near Perth. Junior mining companies, independent prospectors andone major mining company completed exploration programs in the area. As in previous years the search forgold, base metals and industrial minerals dominated exploration activity. The evaluation of potentialdimension stone deposits also maintained a high profile in the area.

Nine prospectors received funding under the Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program (OPAP) totalling$90,000. Commodities sought included gold, zinc, copper, graphite, gemstones and feldspar. All grantrecipients report successful field seasons.

Mining Activity

During 1998 there were 35 mining operations in southeastern Ontario including: 1 metal mine; 5industrial mineral operations; 2 trap rock producers; 2 cement producer’s quarries; 1 brick producer’squarry; 2 gemstone and mineral specimen quarries; 21 dimension and decorative stone producers and 1producer of magnetite as a heavy aggregate for use in nuclear shielding. For additional details please referto Table 1. Although not shown in the table, the Bancroft Chamber of Commerce continued to operate theBear Lake Diggings as a mineral collecting site.

For a complete listing of Mining Activity and locations of operating mines and mills in southeasternOntario, please refer to Table 1 and Figure 1 respectively.

TOMCLID IRON MINE

Production continued at the Tomclid Iron Mine in South Canonto Township in 1998. Approximately4000 t of magnetite was produced from the mine with the bulk of the production being shipped directly tothe purchaser. The remainder of the material was stockpiled at the Marmoraton minesite in MarmoraTownship. The magnetite is used as a heavy aggregate in nuclear shielding. Ontario Hydro was the onlycustomer purchasing this product in 1997 but contracts were signed with additional purchasers in 1998. (P.Kriens, personal communication, Tomclid Iron Mines Ltd., February 1999).

Advanced Exploration

REGIS RESOURCES VERMICULITE DEPOSIT – CAVENDISH TOWNSHIP

Vermiculite was first discovered in Cavendish south of Catchacoma Lake in 1950. Over the years theproperty has been explored in a haphazard manner with limited test pitting and stripping. Goshawk Mines

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conducted the first systematic evaluation of the site in 1975--77. Archibald (1977) estimated that aminimum of 49 400 t of vermiculite averaging 11.9% exfoliated vermiculite was contained within thetopsoil. The concentration of vermiculite in bedrock is generally less than 5% and decreases with depth.Initial testing by Goshawk indicated that the material is unsuitable for agricultural purposes but would besuitable for use in insulation, wallboard, plasters and similar products. (MacKinnon et al, 1989) Oppositionfrom a cottager’s association and fine grain size of the exfoliated material hampered the development of thedeposit at that time.

Regis Resources acquired the property in 1997 and has successfully outlined a new zone to the west ofHighway 507, well removed from the cottage area. In 1998, the company staked an additional 98 claimsover the newly discovered zone. Diamond drilling to confirm the depth of the weathered material wascompleted and 7 trenches were excavated to further define the deposit. Over 1000 samples were collectedand sent to Lakefield Laboratories for testing. Testing includes screening and exfoliation. Regis Resourcesis currently obtaining permits to develop the deposit under the Aggregate Resources Act. When theResident and District Geologist visited the property in January 1999, the last of the trenches was beingback--filled as a safety measure. (F. Archibald, personal communication Feb.1999, P. Sangster, personalobservations, Jan.1999,)

MADOC MINING UPDATE

Madoc Mining has formed a new company to exclusively develop the Bannockburn gold prospect inMadoc Township. The new company, Adobe Ventures Limited, reports that testing of a 1800 ton bulksample trucked to the St. Andrews Goldfields mill in Timmins in 1997 was not completed. The propertywas placed on temporary suspension and is currently inactive. Published reserves are 225 000 tons at 0.267ounce per ton gold. Adobe Ventures plans to bring the deposit into production include bringing a hydroline to the site from the nearby community of Eldorado. The company is currently seeking additionalfinancing for the project. (D.Timony, Adobe Ventures, personal communication, Feb.1999)

Exploration Activity

DIAMOND LAKE MINERALS INC., GRAPHITE MOUNTAIN INC. –BEDFORD TOWNSHIP

In recent years, exploration by Diamond Lake Minerals Inc. has defined a significant new graphitedeposit in Bedford Township. The graphite occurs as disseminated flakes in marble units that are highlycontorted due to intense folding. The strong deformation has produced highly enriched graphitic zones,especially at the apex of folded units. (King, 1994)

Work done to date has included stripping, trenching, sampling, air--track drilling, bulk sampling, benchtesting and market research. In 1997, the company purchased an industrial building in Perth for theproduction of graphite. A report by James E. Tilsley and Associates summarizing the results of the 1998exploration program indicates a resource volume of 2.4 Mt in three geologically defined potentialmineralized zones. Plans for 1999 include additional definition diamond drilling to confirm the reservesand the acquiring of the necessary permitting to bring the deposit into production. (D. Houston, DiamondLake Minerals Inc., personal communications, Feb. 1999)

NORANDA MINING AND EXPLORATION INC.

Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. continued both regional and property scale exploration programsfor zinc in southeastern Ontario during 1998.

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In the Renfrew area, exploration continued in the Cadieux property optioned from BreakwaterResources Ltd. in 1996. The Cadieux zinc deposit was first discovered in 1922 and contains roughly750 000 t of mineralization grading approximately 10%Zn and 1%Pb. The deposit is hosted in dolomiticand calcitic marbles. Since acquiring the ground, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. has completedprospecting, geological mapping and diamond drilling. In early 1998, the diamond drill testing of an IPanomaly returned values of 15% Zn over 1.5m to 1.6m. Despite these encouraging results the option hasbeen abandoned.

Further work including diamond drilling is planned for 1999 in Bagot Township on a new zincshowing found by in Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. in 1998. Preliminary testing of the occurrencewith 5 short Winke--type drill holes totaling 70m has been completed. (G. Rogers, personalcommunication, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc., Feb 1999, Sangster et al 1998)

A. BANNER, ORE CHIMNEY MINE – BARRIE TOWNSHIP

Exploration and development of the Ore Chimney prospect occurred intermittently from 1909 to 1932.Mine development on the property included the sinking of a vertical shaft that measures 408 feet with driftdevelopment on the 108--, 150--, 250--, 300--, 332--, and 400--foot levels. Approximately 1300 feet of driftswere completed on these levels following a quartz vein that trends 045o to 055.o A winze was constructedfrom the 400--foot level to an additional vertical depth of 125 feet and another drift was established at the100--foot level. Since this early mine development, no further underground work has been conducted on theproperty except for de--watering and sampling on the 150--foot level in 1983.

V. B. Meen (1942) described the property as follows: “The ore in the mine is said to be auriferousquartz with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite mineralization. No veins were observed on surfacein the vicinity of the shaft, which is located in sheared greenstone which strikes N45o--55oE and has avertical dip.”

During the autumn of 1998 the mine dump material at the Ore Chimney Gold Mine was re--sampled byseveral interested parties. Representatives of Minpro International Ltd. collected and assayed 14 samplesfrom the property for gold and silver, however, results were reported as being disappointing. An agentworking on behalf of Banirwin Mining Ltd. collected 7 samples of mine dump material from 5 separatelocations. Assay results for these samples ranged from 0.01 to 0.32 ounces per ton gold and 3.34 to 7.96ounces per ton silver. The results of this sampling project are currently under review. (P.Kingston, personalcommunications, Feb. 1999; V.C. Papertzian, personal observations, 1998).

SPARTON RESOURCES – LONG LAKE ZINC

In early 1998, Sparton Resources diamond drill tested a number of EM anomalies on the Long LakeZinc property located on lot 3, Concessions V and VI in Olden Township. Nine diamond drill holes werecompleted over and to the west and to the east of the old mine workings. The holes were sampled andassayed for nickel, silver, lead and zinc. Assay results were not available at the time of writing. No furtherwork is planned on the property at this time. (Sparton Resources, personal communication, Jan. 1999)

W.S. KENNEDY -- DESERT LAKE PROPERTY

Prospector W.S. Kennedy holds a group of unpatented mining claims over the past producingRichardson feldspar mine in Bedford Township. From 1900 until its closure in 1951, the mine produced228 690 tons of feldspar making it the largest producer of feldspar in Ontario. Hewitt (1967) provides adetailed description of mine geology. Feldspar was recovered from a zoned granite pegmatite dyke with acentral core of quartz. In the early 1980’s work was done to evaluate the potential of the deposit as asource of high purity silica. In 1982 the property reverted back to the Crown.


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Since 1986 Mr. Kennedy has completed mapping, sampling, diamond drilling and market studies totest the economic potential of the mine area. McAuley, 1996 describes this site as the largest source ofpegmatite quartz identified during his study. His sampling in 1995 confirms that the silica meets thesilicon metal specifications.

In 1998, Mr. Kennedy shifted the focus of exploration of the property from silica to the re--evaluationof the feldspar resource. Detailed mapping and sampling of the property was completed and feldsparsamples were sent to the Spruce Pines facility in North Carolina for testing. Results confirm that thefeldspar is of better than average grade. (W.S. Kennedy personal communication, 1998, 1999)

ONTARIO PROSPECTORS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (OPAP)HIGHLIGHTS

WOLFE LAKE PROPERTY

With partial funding received under OPAP, prospectors Paul Tulonen and Brian King continuedexploration of their gold and base metal prospect in southeastern Tudor Township. Two diamond drill holestotaling 253 m were completed to test coincident magnetic/electromagnetic anomalies. The prospectorsreport that the holes intersected a thick sequence of graphitic argillite, semi--massive sulphide, black chertand interbeds of felsic tuff with occasional mafic volcaniclastics rocks. Sulphide enrichment zones wereobserved in core from both holes. Graphite was noted both within and outside of the sulphide zones. Visualestimates of total graphitic carbon content in the drill core varies from <1% to 35%. Assay values rangedfrom 97 to 14 925 ppm Zn, 110 to 930 ppm Cu and 0.4 to 8.1 ppm Ag.

Core from the program has been donated to MNDM and is on file at the Southern Ontario RegionalResident Geologist office in Tweed.

Additional exploration planned for 1999 includes: an induced polarization (IP) survey of the discoveryzone; detailed geological mapping; geochemical sampling; and diamond drill testing of additionalgeophysical anomalies identified by an airborne geophysical survey flown in 1997. (Tulonen and King,1998, B.King personal communications, 1999, P. Sangster. personal observations, 1999).

GOLD BASE OCCURRENCE

Henry Veeley used OPAP funding to explore the Gold Base Occurrence in Kennebec Township inmuch greater detail this year. Extensive re--examination and sampling of the old trenches was completedalong with the excavation of a number of new trenches. The mineralization has been traced along thecomplete length of the property, a distance of approximately 300 metres. A grab sample from one of thequartz veins in the easternmost trench returned a value of 0.12 ounces of gold per ton. Trenching in 1998also discovered additional parallel quartz veins. Channel samples taken from both the known and newlydiscovered veins returned mixed assay results. Further stripping, channel sampling and assaying will becompleted during 1999. (Sangster et al, 1998, H. Veeley, personal communications, 1998,V. Papertzian,personal observations, 1998).

BROUGHAM TOWNSHIP FELDSPAR

Duncan Ash and Peter Coltas worked jointly on an OPAP funded exploration program in BroughamTownship designed to evaluate the feldspar potential of their property. The partners completed extensivelithogeochemical surveys; XRF analysis on a number of samples and thin sections of selected samples. Inaddition, beneficiation using high intensity magnetic separation was done on a selected number of samples

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at Lakefield Laboratories. Further work is needed to establish the qualification of the site as an industrialfeldspar prospect. (D. Ash, personal communication, February, 1999).

R. DILLMAN – TUDOR TOWNSHIP

OPAP funding helped Robert Dillman in the continued exploration of his gold prospect in TudorTownship resulting in a new gold discovery on the site. Mr. Dillman completed soil sampling, geologicalmapping and assays in 1998 and plans detailed geophysical surveys for the winter of 1999. (R. Dillman,personal communication, February, 1999).

Land Use Planning Activity

LANDS FOR LIFE

In 1997 the Ministry of Natural Resources introduced the Lands for Life initiative, a land--use planningprocess designed to integrate both protection and use of Ontario’s natural resources. Three regional RoundTables were established to prepare regional land use strategies for Crown land and resources within an areastretching from Manitoba to Quebec and encompassing approximately 39 million ha2. The eastern part ofSouthern Ontario falls within the Great Lakes--St.Lawrence Round Table Region. The Resident GeologistProgram (RGP) staff in Tweed prepared standardized mineral resource assessments of some 60 sitesselected for protection. In addition, Tweed RGP staff acted as a resource to the Round Table providing itsmembers with technical and scientific information on request. Tweed RGP staff also attended Lands forLife sessions in Huntsville, Bancroft, Peterborough, Sudbury, Kingston, Pembroke and Toronto. Therecommendations of the Great Lakes--St.Lawrence Round Table if accepted and enacted will see 52% ofthe Crown Land in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands receive varying levels of protection. Miningand exploration in these protected areas will face varying levels of restriction from minor limitations tocomplete prohibition. The final outcome of the Lands for Life initiative has yet to be decided.

MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING (MMAH)

Through the Ministry’s commitment to mineral--related Provincial Policy Statements contained withinthe Planning Act, the Resident Geologist Program staff provide comment and input into the developmentof municipal Official Plans and Official Plan Amendments through the Ministry of Municipal Affairs andHousing’s one--window approach.

In 1998, Tweed RGP staff reviewed Official Plans and Official Plan Amendments for the following:Prescott and Russell County, Elizabethtown Township, North Frontenac Township, McNab Township,Charlottenburg Township, Augusta Township and Westmeath Township. The Resident and DistrictGeologists are members of the Hasting County Official Plan Technical Liaison Committee.

In conjunction with Ruth Debicki, MNDM Land Use Planning Co--ordinator, the Regional ResidentGeologist prepared a training session defining MNDM planning interests for presentation to municipalplanners in Toronto, Trenton and Kingston. Ongoing amalgamation of many townships and municipalitieshas created a need to revise mineral resource planning documents that identify MNDM areas of planninginterest.

Resident Geologist Program Staff and ActivitiesStaff of the Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast) District included: P.J. Sangster,

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Geologist. J. Spriging and B. Ferguson provided field season support under the Summer ExperienceProgram.

The Lands for Life initiative was the major focus of staff time and functions from February toSeptember 1998.

In conjunction with staff of the Southwest District a display highlighting Mining, Exploration andDevelopment in Southern Ontario was presented at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association ofCanada convention in Toronto. The display was modified and presented at the Northeastern Ontario Minesand Minerals Symposium in Kirkland Lake.

During the year, staff conducted 34 property visits. For a complete listing of property visits please referto Table 4.

As part of Mining Awareness Week, the Tweed office created a stand--alone poster session depictingmining and exploration activity in southeastern Ontario, which was on display at several local librariesduring the course of the summer. Staff also created a similar stand--alone exhibit for use during theBancroft Gemboree.

During the course of the year 36 industry reports were processed and added to the Tweed officeassessment file library. For details please refer to Table 3 this report. Table 6 provides a summary of officeactivity and Table 7 lists additions made to the Tweed technical library during 1998.

Property Examinations

M. GLANFIELD -- PAYROCK GOLD OCCURRENCE

In December 1998, the District Geologist accompanied prospector M. Glandfield on a visit to hisproperty situated on lot 16, Concession I, Barrie Township.

The Payrock gold occurrence is situated on Lot 16, Concession I in Barrie Township, FrontenacCounty, in Eastern Ontario. V. B. Meen (1942) describes the occurrence as follows: “The Pay Rock GoldSyndicate holds eight claims covering lots 8, 9, 10, and 16 concession I, Barrie Township. In 1936, anumber of trenches and shallow pits were put down in tracing a rusty zone in the dolomite in lot 16, about500 feet north of the south boundary of the township.” “Native gold was discovered in the rusty dolomitein one of the western pits.”

Five grab samples of small, discontinuous quartz stringers hosted in rusty material within a fine tomedium grained dolomite were collected in the larger trenches. The trenches are in the order of 6 m longby 3 m wide by 5 m deep. The quartz stringer zone strikes 072o and dips 70o to the south. Anapproximately one foot wide altered basic dyke parallels the vein system in each of the trenches. V. B.Meen (1942) reported that the visible gold is not restricted to the quartz stringers as it was found within thedolomite in one of the western pits.

The best assay recorded from the 5 grab samples analysed was 0.11 ounces per ton gold. All otherassays recorded nil results in both gold and silver. Previous assay results from samples collected in 1984by staff of the Ministry of Natural Resources yielded assays of 1.12 ounces per ton gold over a channelsample length of 1.4 m and 0.76 ounces per ton gold in a grab sample from one of the pits (V.C.Papertzian, 1984).

Detailed geological mapping and a magnetometer survey will be conducted on the property during the1999 field season (M. Glanfield, personal communication, December 1998)

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MOUNTAIN LAKE PROPERTY – CAVENDISH TOWNSHIP

On October 30, 1998 the Regional Resident and District Geologist visited the property of 1045639Ontario Limited in southern Cavendish Township. The company holds 4 claims over a large and prominentgranite hill, which is currently being evaluated for its aggregate potential.

To access the property Highway 36 is taken from the town of Burleigh Falls to its junction with Hwy.507. Hwy 507 is followed north approximately 10km to Fire Access Road. This all weather bush road istaken 1km west to the claim group.

In the 1970’s an effort was made to develop a granite quarry in the area but reportedly failed due tofunding difficulties. Immediately to the north of the claim group, large blocks appear to have been removedfrom a narrow pegmatite dyke, however, there is no record of this work on file either at the Tweed office orwith the current owner. An abandoned limestone quarry used by the Ministry of Transportation in localroad building is situated to the west of the claim group

The company has completed linecutting, magnetometer surveys, geological mapping and mechanicalstripping of overburden on site. Two vertical diamond drill holes have been drilled to test the depth,homogeneity and competency of the granite. (Lashbrook, 1998)

At the time of the visit, a stripped area roughly 70 m x 30 m on the southwest flank of the mountainwas examined. A sump had been dug in the swamp at the base of the outcrop to collect water for washingthe exposed rock prior to mapping and for use in diamond drilling. On the south facing side of the hill,spalling of large blocks has created a talus slope.

The exposure is generally uniform with local concentrations of narrow pegmatite dykes. Theweathered surface of the granite is well rounded, light pink to buff in colour with occasional red hematitespots. On the fresh surface the rock is medium grained, medium pink in colour and appears to be composedmainly of quartz and feldspar with minor biotite. Joint sets on the southwest end of the stripped area appearto be too closely spaced to allow for the quarrying of large blocks from that area.

The consultant’s report concluded that that the material is suitable for use as aggregate and that theremay be potential for quarrying large blocks from an area not examined during the property visit. Mappinghas also identified a potential limestone resource on the claims. (R.L. Lashbrook, personal communication,October 1998, P. Sangster, personal observations, October, 1998, Lashbrook, R.L., 1998 UnpublishedReport, An Exploration Program in Cavendish Township.)

Recommendations for Exploration

There are many high mineral potential areas in Southeastern Ontario, which remain inadequatelyexplored despite the region’s long history of mineral exploration and production. Traditional explorationtargets in the Grenville Province in Southeastern Ontario have been vein--hosted gold deposits and basemetals. In recent decades, the focus has also been placed on the search for industrial mineral deposits.There are over 7,000 documented occurrences of gold, base metals and industrial minerals in the District,however, in many cases early discoveries have not been systematically evaluated.

The geological database for the Grenville Province is extensive but incomplete. With the possibleexception of the Long Lake zinc mine and the Marmoraton iron mine, few major metallic mineral depositsof any type have been discovered in the Grenville Province in Ontario. Known occurrences are small incomparison to similar deposits present in parts of the Superior province. (Easton 1992) Please refer toTables 9, 10 and 11of this report for historic metal production statistics.

Table 8 provides a listing of the known mineral deposits in southeastern Ontario, which are notcurrently being mined. The program emphasis that is currently being placed on the deepening of the


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Mineral Deposits Inventory (MDI) database includes the re--examination of known occurrences. Thesestudies may help to provide a better understanding of ore--forming processes that were active in theGrenville Province and assist in the formulation of new exploration models that are applicable to theregion.

BANCROFT TERRANE PEGMATITE DYKES

There are 82 rare--earth element occurrences in southern Ontario associated with pegmatite dykes.Many of the pegmatites are concentrated within the Bancroft Terrane of the Central Metasedimentary Beltand are generally similar in setting and timing to the rare element and uraniferous pegmatites of theSuperior Province. (Easton 1992)

One of the 2 well--known beryl--bearing pegmatite dykes in Lyndoch Township, concession XV, lot 23,was commercially mined in 1939. Analysis of the beryl samples from this property yielded 14.38% BeOand 0.18% LiO2. (Hewitt 1953) This zoned pegmatite is mineralogically composed of pink albite,microcline, quartz, biotite, beryl, muscovite and magnetite with associated rare earth minerals such as,euxenite (lyndochite) a titano--tantalo--columbite of rare earths, U, Th, Fe and Ca; columbite, monazite,cyrtolite (rare zircon) and allanite. (Hewitt 1953) The second beryl--bearing granite pegmatite is located onlots 30 and 31, concession XV. It was worked between 1935 and 1950. The mineralogy consists of whiteand pink albite, pink microcline--perthite, rose, smoky and white quartz; hornblende; biotite; muscovite;magnetite; columbite--tantalite; euxenite; beryl; fluorite; cyrtolite; molybdenite; specularite; pyrite; andcalcite. (Hewitt 1953)

Other pegmatite dykes mapped in Lyndoch, Brudenell and Radcliffe townships may warrant a closerlook with respect to the exploration for rare--earth elements. There is no record of assessment files forRadcliffe and Brudenell townships, and geological mapping was last conducted over this area during thelate 1940’s. There are no active mining claims in Radcliffe and Brudenell townships. Further examinationof the other 80 rare--earth mineral occurrences is recommended.

Beryllium, lithium, niobium and tantalum are used principally in electronic and electrical components,steel alloys, drugs and aerospace applications. (USGS, 1999)

METHUEN TOWNSHIP ILMENITE DEPOSIT

Approximately 95% of titanium--mineral production is consumed in the manufacture of titaniumdioxide, a non--toxic, powdered white pigment used in paint, plastics, rubber and paper.

Ilmenite is the source of 90% of the world’s titanium dioxide. World reserves of natural rutile arerapidly declining and titaniferous slag and synthetic rutile produced from the beneficiation of ilmenite aregaining prominence as high--grade feedstock. (Harben 1996)

The Twin Lakes gabbro in southeastern Methuen Township is roughly elliptical in plan (4km x 2km).The intrusion has a thin marginal zone of diorite and gabbro, a predominant central zone of non--cumulategabbro and a small zone of gabbronorite and oxide--rich cumulates. An ilmenite deposit has beendiscovered within the cumulate zone. Exploration of the deposit by the Canadian Nickel Company in theearly 1980’s defined reserves of 13.2 million tonnes of 21.7% TiO2, recoverable from open pit to a depth of165m, with a rock: ore ratio of 0.54 (Ketchum et al 1983). This large unexploited reserve of ilmenite issuitable for the production of titanium dioxide for use by the pigment industry.

Prospector W.J. Brown et al presently hold the mineral rights to the deposit which is currently inactive.

MUSCOVITE

Two large deposits of fine--grained muscovite are found in the pelitic schists of the Flinton Group nearTweed and near Fernleigh. These schists also contain ancillary minerals such as garnet, sillimanite,

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feldspar, staurolite and magnetite which could be extracted and sold where combined quantities are greaterthan 60%.

Sillimanite is used in the manufacture of acidic refractories, especially in mortars and in castables.Staurolite has traditionally been used as an abrasive, but demand for this mineral as sandblasting sand hasincreased with the discontinued use of silica sand due to health reasons.

Micas are used in a variety of products depending upon the grain size. Coarse flake material is used inthe oil well--drilling industry while the superfine powder is used in paints, plastics, rubber products andpaper. The intermediate flake sizes are used in the following products: concrete block fillers, refractorybricks, gypsum boards, asphalt roofing felts, shingles, absorbent in explosives, disinfectants, automotivecomponents, welding electrodes, cables and wires, pipeline enamels, mastics, lubricants, adhesives, texturepaints, acoustical plasters and ceiling tiles.

The demand for mica increased worldwide in 1997. Production is expected to have increasedapproximately 3% to 5% in 1998. (Hendrick, USGS, Minerals Information, 1997)

A fine--grained muscovite property near Tweed was worked in the late 70’s to early 80’s. It has a strikelength in excess of 2 miles and ranges from 100 to 400 feet in width. This deposit was diamond drill testedand a 40 000 ton bulk sample was extracted for testing in Japan.

The muscovite quartz--schist between the towns of Fernleigh and Ardoch varies between 100 to 350feet in width and has a strike length of approximately 5 miles. Staurolite, kyanite, sillimanite, plagioclase,garnet and biotite all occur within this unit. A second band of lower grade muscovite--bearing schist occursapproximately 3 miles north of Ardoch. It ranges up to 1000 foot wide with a strike length of about 1.5miles. (Kingston 1982,1995).

Exploration should be focussed on the pelitic schists of the Clare River synform and theFernleigh--Ardoch areas

OGS Activities and Research by Others

In October 1998 R.M. Easton spent approximately 3.5 weeks mapping in the Puzzle Lake– Fifth DepotLake area to evaluate the mineral potential of the area which had been tentatively designated under theLands for Life initiative.

D. Andjelkovic and A.R. Cruden, University of Toronto, have an ongoing research program to studyrelationships between fractures in Paleozoic cover rocks and structures in the Precambrian basement insouth central Ontario.

Both Easton and Andjelkovic used the Tweed RGO office as a base of operations for their fieldprograms.

Detailed descriptions of these programs are given in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities,Ontario Geological Survey, 1998, Miscellaneous Paper 169. For a complete listing of Ontario GeologicalSurvey Publications in 1998 related to the District, please refer to Table 12.


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Andjelkovic, D. 1999 Relationships between Fractures in Paleozoic Cover Rocks and Structures in the PrecambrianBasement in South Central Ontario: In Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, Ontario Geological Survey,1998, Miscellaneous Paper 169, p.275--280

Easton, R.M. 1992. Metallogeny of the Grenville Province; in Geology of Ontario, Ontario Geological Survey, SpecialVolume 4, Part 2, p.1217--1252.

Easton, R.M. 1999. Geology and Mineral Potential of the Puzzle Lake Area, Central Metasedimentary Belt, GrenvilleProvince: In Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, Ontario Geological Survey, 1998, Miscellaneous Paper169, p.209--215

Harburn, P. 1996. Titanium and Zirconium Minerals in Industrial Minerals, A Global Geology. Industrial MineralsInformation Ltd., Surrey, UK 462pp

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King, B. and Tulonen, P. 1998. Unpublished Report, Wolfe Lake Project – 1998. Southern Ontario Regional ResidentGeologist, Southeast District files. 14p

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MacKinnon, A., Kingston, P.W. and Springer, J.S. 1989. Vermiculite in the Stanleyville Area, Lanark County, EasternOntario, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5711, 87p.

Meen, V.B. 1942. Ontario Department of Mines, Annual report Volume LI, Part IV, 50p accompanied by Map 51--d.

Papertzian, V.C. 1984 Gold Occurrences of Barrie Township, Unpublished Report, SouthernOntario Regional ResidentGeologist, Southeast District files. 14p

Sangster, P.J., Papertzian, V.C., Steele, K.G., Laidlaw, D.A., Stewart, J.M. and Carter, T.R. 1998. Report of Activities1997, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist’s Report: Southeastern andSouthwestern Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre; OntarioGeological Survey, Open File Report 5974, 59p.

USGS, 1999. Mineral Commodity Summaries.

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Table 1. Mining Activity in 1998* – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast)

(Keyed to Figure 1)No. Company/Individual

(Mine Name)Township (commodity) Mining activity

1 3 M Canada Inc. (HavelockQuarry)

Belmont (Trap Rock) Roofing Granules and HL--1 aggregate used inthe production of premium asphalt mixes for On-tario highways, concrete, anti--skid treatment,bridge decks, railway ballast, asphalt shinglesand rolled roofing; 368,600 tonnes sold in 1998

2 Allan Franks Construction Ltd. Madoc (Limestone) Limestone has been quarried and crushed since1991 for use in road aggregate.

3 Aqua Rose Quarries Lyndoch (Gem Minerals) Quarrying operations for rose quartz, beryl, feld-spar, lyndochite, amazonite, cleavlandite, peris-terite, columbite, fluorite. Two quarries are op-erational: the Beryl Pit which has a fee for miner-al collectors and the Rose Quartz Quarry is forlandscape stone where approximately 20 tonswere sold in 1998.

4 Arriscraft Corporation (ElginQuarry)

Bastard (Sandstone) Potsdam sandstone was quarried for themanufacture of reconstituted sandstone. Rawmaterial was shipped to Cambridge for process-ing. In 1998, a new application was found withblocks being quarried and cut into tiles for use inlining acid tanks.

5 Bacher Quarry McClintock (Stone) Pink granite gneiss is quarried for building stone,flagstone and landscaping stone.

6 Belmont Rose Granite Corp.(Belmont Rose Granite Quarry)

Belmont (Dimension Stone) Rose pink granite blocks are quarried for dimen-sion stone and monuments. Rough blocks anddecorative stone pieces for landscaping use; riprap, armour stone, ashlar blocks, and decorativespecialty stone and sand are also produced. Thecompany reports 400 blocks – 10 to 25 metrictonnes were shipped from the quarry in 1998.

7 Canada Talc Ltd. (HendersonMine)

Huntingdon (Talc, Dolomite) In December 1998, it was announced that High-wood Resources Ltd. had purchased CanadaTalc. The mine produces a variety of talc anddolomite products.

8 Central Ontario Natural Stone(Batty Quarry)

Laxton (Limestone) Grey, buff and black limestone is produced asflagstone.

9 Central Ontario Natural Stone(Oxtongue Lake Quarry)

McClintock (Stone) Pink and grey granite gneiss is quarried for flag-stone, building stone, landscaping stone. Thecompany has 12 quarries including a newly li-censed site at Bobcaygeon.

10 Cornwall Gravel Company Ltd.(Cornwall Quarry)

Cornwall (Limestone) Rough blocks of black limestone for dimensionstone are produced on demand from the thickupper beds of this construction aggregate quarry.

11 Danford Construction (Spring-brook Road Quarry)

Huntingdon (Limestone) Limestone is quarried and crushed for road ag-gregate (seasonal operation)

12 Essroc Canada Inc. (PictonQuarry)

Sophiasburg (Cement) This is a cement plant with an on--site limestonequarry. Production for 1998 was 1.7 milliontons. This is one of the largest cement plants inNorth America.

13 Not shown

14 Granimar Quarries Ltd. Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne(Granite)

“Rideau Red” granite is quarried for building andmonumental stone. 10,000cu feet were quarriedin 1998


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No. Company/Individual(Mine Name)

Township (commodity) Mining activity

15 I.K.O. Industries Ltd. (I.K.O.Quarry)

Madoc (Trap Rock) Trap Rock is quarried for roofing granules andHL--1 aggregate. An onsite mill and colouringplant have been in operation since 1998.

16 International Quartz Ltd. McClintock (Quartz) Decorative and crushed white quartz andterrazzo.

17 Jannock Ltd. (Canada Brick)(Russell Quarry)

Russell, Gloucester (ClayProducts)

Clay brick is from red shale. The quarry is inRussell Twp. The plant is in Gloucester Twp.

18 The Kingston Red Granite Co.Ltd. **(Seeley’s Bay Quarry #1 &Seeley’s Bay Quarry #2)

Rear of Leeds and Lands-downe (Granite)

Red granite is quarried for armour stone, land-scaping, architectural and structural stone fromboth quarries.

19 LaFarge Canada Inc. (BathQuarry)

Ernestown (Cement) This is a cement plant with an on--site limestonequarry. Production in 1998 was 60 000 to100 000 tons. Silica used in the production ofcement is from their Potsdam sandstone quarryin Pittsburgh Twp. as well as from recycledfoundry sands.

20 Nelson Windover Quarries (Wind-over, Buckhorn Quarry)

Harvey (Limestone) Grey limestone is quarried as flagstone. This is aseasonal operation.

21 OMYA (Canada) Inc. (TatlockQuarry)

Darling (Calcite) Plant located in Perth . Production is 250 000tons per year with reserves of over 5M tons. Thequarry opened is 250 000 tons per year withreserves of over 5M in 1977 and employsapproximately 40 people.tons. Opened in 1977and employs 48 people. Calcitic marble is minedto produce hydrocarb and Snowhite Calciumpowder, a high purity, fine--grind calcite forfillers plus terrazzo chips and landscaping stoneas secondary products. In 1998, the third year ofa five--year expansion program was completed

22 Payne, E.W. (Payne Quarry) Dummer (Limestone) Flagstone is produced seasonally from thisquarry. In 1998, 1 800 metric tonnes were quar-ried.

23 Princess Sodalite Mine Dungannon (Gemstones) Rehabilitation of the site continues under newownership. Limited samples were available forsale on site.

24 Queensborough Road PropertiesLtd. 1085499 Ont. Inc.(Queensborough Road Quarry)

Elzevir (Trap Rock) Permitting to begin production under the Min-ing Act nearing completion

25 Redstone Quarries Harvey (Limestone) Red and green marble as well as grey limestoneis quarried for flagstone, landscaping stone andarmour stone. They also have a landscapingdivision.

26 Rideauview Contractors Ltd.(Sloan Quarry, Battersea Quarry)

Storrington (Sandstone,Granite)

Cream and red sandstone are produced as ashlar,flagstone and landscaping stone at the SloanQuarry. Red granite is quarried from theBattersea Quarry.

27 Rideauview Contractors Ltd.(Rideauview Quarry)

Storrington (Sandstone) Red sandstone is produced for ashlar, andflagstone.

28 Rideauview Contractors Ltd.(Pettworth & Renaud Quarries)

Camden (Limestone) Limestone is quarried and used for restorationwork in Kingston.

29 Rideauview Contractors Ltd. Rear Leeds & Lansdowne(Sandstone)

Sandstone is produced for landscaping materialand limestone from Pettworth is processed here.

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No. Company/Individual(Mine Name)

Township (commodity) Mining activity

30 Senator Stone / Manitou Stone(Tweed Marble Quarry)

Hungerford (Marble –dimension stone)

Arctic Blue, River Pink dimension stone blocksare quarried and shipped to Italy for processing.

31 Stoklosar Marble Quarries Ltd.** Madoc (Marble) Red, pink, white, green, buff, black, blue ,chocolate, red, light buff and light green marbleare mined from 8 quarries in the Madoc area.Marble chips (terrazzo), exposed aggregate andlandscape stone are produced at the mill.

32 Timminco Ltd. (Timminco MetalsQuarry)

Ross (Magnesium, Strontium& Calcium metal)

Magnesium is produced from high--puritydolomite mined at this location. Calcium andstrontium are produced from purchasedlimestone. Production rate is 1000 tons ofdolomite weekly. The annual production is 6000tons of magnesium metal and alloys; 400 tons ofcalcium metal and alloys and 135 tons of strontium metal. The operation employs 240people and there are reserves for 50 years at thecurrent rates of production.

33 Tomclid Iron Mines South Canonto (Magnetite asHeavy Aggregate)

Production began in late 1997. Magnetite isquarried and crushed on site for use as heavyaggregate in nuclear shielding.

34 TRT Aggregates Ltd. Ameliasburgh, Hilliard,Tyendinaga, Thurlow &Richmond (Limestone)

Rough dimension stone blocks, armour stone,flagstone and crushed limestone are produced.The Crookston Quarry was recently sold to J.C.Rock Ltd. of Orillia and the Kingston quarry hasalso been bought by Woods Sand and Gravel.

35 Unimin Canada Ltd. (BlueMountain Quarry)

Methuen (Nepheline Syenite) Nepheline syenite is mined from a quarry andprocessed in two mills. Magnetite is produced asa bi--product. Production rate is 2500tons/day.The mine opened in1955 and employs 152people.

36 Upper Canada Stone Co. Ltd.(Mayo Quarry, Mephisto LakeQuarry)

Mayo (Dolomitic Marble)Cashel (Calcitic Marble)

White marble is quarried and sold as crushedmarble, landscaping stone, decorative stone andin precast architectural concrete and panels.There was no active shipping from the Mayo sitein 1998. Material was stockpiled. Material wascrushed onsite at the newly opened MephistoQuarry, sorted and trucked to the Marmoratonsite.

* At the time of writing, Feb/99, RGO staff were unable to confirm 1998 production at either Starett Resources in Palmerston Twp. or VictoriaGraphite in Bastard Twp.** Kingston Red Granite and Stoklosar Marble Quarries merged to form Speciality Aggregates Corp. in 1999.


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Table 2. Claims recorded and assessment work credit in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Year ClaimUnits

Recorded

ClaimUnits

Cancelled

ClaimsUnitsActive

DiamondDrilling($)

PhysicalWork($)

GeotechnicalWork($)

Total($)

1998 273 N/A 1,588 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1997 201 249 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1996 748 251 1,304 19,767 99,434 212,178 331,379

1995 301 346 807 44,185 31,554 86,368 162,107

1994 229 417 852 763,545 115,052 135,168 1,013,765

1993 153 277 1,040 -- 8,399 125,853 134,252

1992 309 311 1,164 116,654 72,720 82,436 271,810

Table 3. Assessment Files received in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

AEM Airborne electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . Lc Linecutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AM Airborne magnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Met Metallurgical testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARA Airborne radiometric survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OD Overburden drilling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Beep Beep Mat survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ODH Overburden drill hole(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bulk Bulk sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMIP Ontario Mineral Incentive Program. . . . . . . . . . .

DD Diamond drilling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPAP Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program. . . . . .

DDH Diamond drill hole(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEM Pulse electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DGP Down--hole geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PGM Platinum group metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GC Geochemical survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pr Prospecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GEM Ground electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RES Resistivity survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GL Geological Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samp Sampling (other than bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GM Ground magnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seismic Seismic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GRA Ground radiometric survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SP Self--potential survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grav Gravity survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Str Stripping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HLEM Horizontal loop electromagnetic survey. . . . . . Tr Trenching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HM Heavy mineral sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG Underground exploration/development. . . . . . . . . .

IM Industrial mineral testing and marketing. . . . . . . . . VLEM Vertical loop electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . .

IP Induced polarization survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VLFEM Very low frequency electromagnetic survey. .

Township or Area Company Name Year Type of Work AFRO Number Resident GeologistOffice FileDesignation

1. Anglesea (Au) Wartman, A.E. 97 Pr 2.18646 38

2.Ashby, Barrie,Stanhope,Lutterworth,Snowden (BM,Prec.M.)

Stewart, R.V. 96 GL, Samp OPAP 12 (Ashby), 1(Stanhope), 107(Barrie), 22(Snowden), 29(Lutterworth)

3. Bagot (Au, BM) Mines et Expl.Noranda Inc.

97 IP 2.18249 11

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4. Bagot (Fe) Algoma OreProperties Ltd.

51--57 DD, Samp 12

5. Bagot (Fe) Algoma OreProperties Ltd.

51 DD 13

6. Barrie (Au) Hardie, D.A. 96 Str, Samp OPAP 108

7. Bedford (Graph) Graphite MountainInc.

97 Str, Tr, Samp 2.18479 37

8. Bedford (Quartz) Kennedy, W.S. 97, 98 IM 2.18889 38

9. Blithfield (Fe) Algoma OreProperties Ltd.

52 DD 23

10. Cavendish (Zn) Teck Expl. Ltd. 97 DD, Samp, Lc 2.18356 108

11. Clarendon (Zn,Au, Ag)

Minnissabik MineralCorp.

97 DD, Samp 2.18376 45

12. Darling (Au) Rampton,V.N./Thomas,R./Gleeson, C.

96 Tr, DD OPAP 78

13. Dungannon(Dim. St.)

Gallo, E. 96 DD, Pr OPAP 48

14. Effingham(Min. Spec.)

SharpminDevelopments Inc.

98 Str 2.18637 2

15. Grimsthorpe(Au)

Dillman, R. 96, 97 Tr, Samp 2.18357 64

16. Grimsthorpe(Au)

Laidlaw,C.J./Beesley, T.J.

96, 98 Pr, Lc, GC,Samp

2.18557 65

17. Grimsthorpe etal

Dillman, R. 96 Tr, Samp OPAP 63 Grimsthorpe

18. Lutterworth (Pb,Zn, Fe)

Webster, B.R. 97 HLEM 2.17621 28

19. Madoc (Au) Canadian MonoMines Inc.

97, 98 GM, Lc 2.18377 136

20. Marmora (Au) Ross, R.J. 96--97 Pr, Str, DD 2.17877 78

21. Marmora (Au) Ross, R.J. 96 DD OPAP 79

22. Marmora (Au) Chard, J.M. 96 Samp, GL, Lc,GM, GEM

OPAP 81

23. Marmora,Abinger, Tudor,Anglesea (Au)

MacLachlan, J.M. 96 Samp, GL, Lc,GM, GEM

OPAP 80 (Marmora), 36(Anglesea), 1(Abinger), 82(Tudor)

24. Marmora,Madoc (Au)

Deloro Minerals 97 DD, Samp 2.18338 82 (Marmora), 135(Madoc)


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25. McClintock(Cu, Ni, Co)

OrograndeResources

97 DD, Samp 2.18144 49

26. McClintock(Cu, Ni, Co)

OrograndeResources

96 GL, Samp, Pr,Lc, IP, Tr

2.18428 50

27. Methuen (Dim.St.)

Kretschmar, U. 96 Str, GL, Samp OPAP 37

28. Monmouth(Min. Spec.)

Fouts, C. 97 Pr 2.17745 139

29. Monmouth(Min. Spec.)

SharpminDevelopments Inc.

98 Tr 2.18426 141

30. Monmouth(Min. Spec., U,R.E.)

Sharpmin Dev. Inc. 97 GRA 2.18011 140

31. Olden (Woll.) Wollasco MineralsInc.

98 Lc, GM, GEM,GL

2.18932 55

32. South Canonto(Mag)

Thompson, L.G.D. 96 Str, GL, GM,DD, Samp

OPAP 14

33. Torbolton (Fe) Algoma Steel 51, 65 DD, GM 1

34. Tudor (Au, BM) Tulonen, P./King, B. 96 Lc, IP, GC, Str,Tr, GEM

OPAP 81

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Table 4. Exploration activity in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Abbreviations

AEM Airborne electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . Lc Linecutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AM Airborne magnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Met Metallurgical testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ARA Airborne radiometric survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OD Overburden drilling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Beep Beep Mat survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ODH Overburden drill hole(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bulk Bulk sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMIP Ontario Mineral Incentive Program. . . . . . . . . . .

DD Diamond drilling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPAP Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program. . . . . .

DDH Diamond drill hole(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEM Pulse electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DGP Down--hole geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PGM Platinum group metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GC Geochemical survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pr Prospecting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GEM Ground electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RES Resistivity survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GL Geological Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samp Sampling (other than bulk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GM Ground magnetic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seismic Seismic survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GRA Ground radiometric survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SP Self--potential survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grav Gravity survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Str Stripping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HLEM Horizontal loop electromagnetic survey. . . . . . Tr Trenching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HM Heavy mineral sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG Underground exploration/development. . . . . . . . . .

IM Industrial mineral testing and marketing. . . . . . . . . VLEM Vertical loop electromagnetic survey. . . . . . . . .

IP Induced polarization survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VLFEM Very low frequency electromagnetic survey. .

No Company/Individual(Occurrence Name)or Property

Township/Area(Commodity)


1 1045839 Ontario Limited Cavendish Twp. (Granite) Lc, GL, GM

2 Duncan Ash Brougham Twp.(Feldspar) OPAP, PR, GL, GC, Samp, Assays

3 Bancroft Chamber of Commerce Monmouth Twp. (Min. Spec.) Tr, Str, Samp

4 Albert Banner (Ore Chimney) Barrie Twp. (Gold) GL, Samp, Assays

5 Will Brown Methuen Twp. (Dim Stone) Pr, Str, Samp

6 Peter Coltas Brougham Twp.(Feldspar) OPAP, PR, GL, GC, Samp, Assays

7 Al Connolly Darling Twp.(Marble) Pr, Samp

8 Deloro Minerals* (Dingman deposit) Madoc Twp. (Gold) Assays

9 Robert Dillman Tudor Twp. (Gold) OPAP, PR, GM, GL, Samp, Assays

10 Alan Dubblestein Dungannon Twp.(Talc) Pr, Samp, Assays

11 John Dupres Elzevir Twp.(Soapstone) Pr, Samp

12 Edenberry Aggregate Harvey Twp.(Limestone) Pr, Samp, Permit to bulk sample

13 Mike Glandfield (Payrock property) Barrie Twp (Gold) Pr, Samp, Assays

14 Graphite Mountain Bedford Twp. (Graphite) Str, Tr, Samp, IM

15 Grenville Gold Grimsthorpe Twp. (Au) Pr, Lc, GC, Samp

16 Will Kennedy (Desert Lake) Bedford Twp. (Silica, feldspar) Samp, GL,IM


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Township/Area(Commodity)


17 Brian King Tudor Twp.(Gold, Base Metals) OPAP, DD, Assays

18 Madoc Mining Madoc Twp. (Au) Lc, GM

19 Minnisibik Minerals Clarendon Twp. (Zinc) GL, GC, DD, Samp, Assays

20 Noranda Exploration Admaston Twp.(Zinc) GL,GC,DD

21 Orogrande McClintock Twp. (Nickel, Copper,Cobalt)

DD, Assays, GL, Samp, IP

22 Parnell Contracting Ltd. Galway Twp.(Limestone) Lc, GL

23 Andrea Mary Rae Monmouth Twp.(Apatite) OPAP, Str, GL, Samp

24 Regis Resources Cavendish Twp.(Vermiculite) Pr, GL, GC, DD, Tr, Samp, IM

25 Robert Ross Marmora Twp. (Gold) Pr, Gl, Samp, Assays

26 Senator Stone Elzevir Twp. (Marble) Pr, Samp, IM

27 Senator Stone Leeds and Lansdowne Twp. (Granite) Pr, Samp, IM

28 Sharpmin Developments Inc. Effingham & Monmouth Twps.(Mineral specimens)

Str, Tr

29 Sparton Resources (Long Lake Mine) Olden Twp. (Zinc) DD, Samp, Assays

30 Ralph Stewart Lyndoch & Griffith Twps. (Graphite) OPAP, Pr, Str, GL, GC, Samp, Assays

31 Strathcona Minerals (Henderson Mine) Madoc Twp. (Talc) DD, Samp, IM

32 Teck Corporation Cavendish Twp. (Zinc) DD

33 Paul Tulonen Tudor Twp.(Gold, Base Metals) OPAP, DD, Assays

34 Upper Canada Stone Mayo & Cashel Twps. (Marble) IM

35 Henry Veeley (Gold Base Occurrence) Kennebec (Gold) OPAP, Str, GL, Samp, Assays

36 Mitch Wilson Camden East (Soapstone) PR, Samp

37 Wollasco Minerals Inc. Olden Twp. (Wollastonite) Lc, GM, GEM, GL

38 Wessell & Sons Laxton Twp.(Limestone) Pr, Samp, Permit to Bulk sample

*Formerly Rajong Resources

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Table 5. Property Visits Completed in 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).(Keyed to Figure 3)

Property Commodity

1. Belmont Rose Stone2. Bicroft Mine Uranium3. Bob Ross Property Gold4. Burnt Lands Alvar Limestone5. Coe Hill Iron Mine Hazard Inspection6. Dingman Deposit Gold7. Dyno Minesite Uranium8. Fission Occurrence Fluorite, Uranium mineral specimens9. Fluorichterite Showing Mineral specimens10. Gold Base Occurrence Gold11. Granimar Quarry Dimension Stone12. Healey Falls Geology13. Hollandia Lead Mine Hazard Inspection14. James L. Forster Property Stone15. John Dupres Prospect Soapstone16. Long Lake Deposit Zinc17. Lydia Diamond Mines Hazard Inspection18. Madawaska Mine Uranium19. Madoc Mining Property Gold20. Marmora (Gitennes) Deposit Wollastonite21. Marmoraton Mine (Past Producer) Iron22. Mephisto Lake Quarry Calcium Carbonate23. Mitch Wilson Property Soapstone24. Mountain Lake Granite25. Mt. Moriah Granite26. OMYA Calcium Carbonate27. Ore Chimney Prospect Gold28. Payrock Occurrence Gold29. Sevens Stop Fossils30. Stoklosar Marble31. Tomclid Iron Mine Magnetite32. Tweed Marble Quarry Marble--Dimension Stone33. Unimin Blue Mountain Mine Nepheline Syenite34. White Lake Peatlands Marble35. Will Brown Property Granite36. Greyhawk Mine UraniumProperty Visits Outside the DistrictAdair Quarry MarbleBowmanville Quarry LimestoneEbel Quarry LimestoneEl Tigre Prospect GraniteOwen Sound Ledgerock (3 quarries) Limestone/MarbleSifto Salt Salt


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Table 6. Statistics 1997--1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

1997 1998

Property Examinations Conducted by Staff 30 34

Field Trips Conducted -- 2

Field Trip Guide Books written -- 2

OPAP Recipients in Southeastern District 11 11

Lands for Life Functions Attended -- 13

Lands for Life MRAs completed -- 59

MMAH Presentations N/A 4

Clients visiting the Resident’s Office 424 501

Client telephone inquiries 1755 2172

Drill Core Library Users 19 16

Geological Reports sold 81 42

Geological/Claim Maps sold* 268 70

Prospector’s Licenses sold 29 21

Claim/Line tags sold 436 197

*Claim maps no longer available for sale at RGO in 1998

Table 7. Library Acquisitions 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Title Author Type and Year of Publication

A Global Geology Harben, P.W. and Kuzvart, M. Industrial Minerals – 1996Geology of the Precambrian Superior andGrenville Provinces and Precambrian Fos-sils in North America, Geology of Canada,No. 7

Co--ordinated by Lucas, S.B. and St. Onge,M.R.

GSC – 1998

1997 Canadian Minerals Yearbook Edited by Godin, E. NRC – 1998

Numerous GSC reports, geological/geo-physical journals and periodicals donatedby Cominco Ltd.

Table 8.Mineral Deposits not Currently Being Mined 1998*– Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Deposit/Township MDINumber

Status Commodity Reserves ReserveReference

Ore Chimney ProspectBarrie Township

MDI31C14SE--00142 (SO 1130)

I Ag,Au ,Zn,Pb, 11,000 tons above 500ft levelavg. 0.2oz Au, 5.64 oz Ag, 2%Zn, 1%Pb

MDC 12 p132MDC 18 p33

Macassa NickelLimerick Township

MDI31C13SE--00099 (SO 0595)

I Ni ,Cu 2,000,000 tons @ 1%Ni, 0.25%Cu MDC 12 p138

Renfrew Zinc(Renprior) AdmastonTownship

MDI31F07NE--00063 (SO 0286)

A Zn 16,000 tons @ 10.5%Znto a depth of 30mBreakwater Resources optioned toNoranda Mining and Exploration 1996

MDC 12 p226MDC 20 p17

Harvey Simon ProspectLyndoch Township

MDI31F03NW--00044 (SO 0259)

I Cu, Fe, Zn 250,000tons1.1%Cu to350ft MDC 12 p226MDC 20 p45

Clyde Forks DepositLavant Township

MDI31F02SE--00064 (SO 0351)

I Cu, Sb, Ag, Hg 60,000tons 0.67% Cu, 0.37%Sb, 0.03%Hg , 1.32oz/ton Ag

MDC 20 p36

Twin Lakes DioriteMethuen Township

MDI31C12NW--00114 (SO 3840)

I Ti 13.2 million tonnes of 21.7% TiO2,recoverable from open pit to –165 m,with rock:ore ratio of 0.54

CIM Bulletin,Vol. 83, No.934, p99

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Grattan DepositGrattan Township

MDI31F06NE--00017 (SO 0270)

I Fe Proven – 3,639,600 tons to a vein depthof 363ft Indicated 9,099,000tons to avertical depth of 600ft avg. 27.74% Fe

MDC 20 p98

Radenhurst--CaldwellDepositLavant Township

MDI31F02NE--00012 (SO 0349)

I Fe Main lens 2000 ft long x 31.3ft widecontains 6,500tons per slope foot at gradeof 32.77%Fe; 3 additional zones totaling1,600ft in length avg17%,16.7% and25.5% respectively

MDC 20 p104

Bessemer DepositMayo Township

MDI31F04SE--00012 (SO 0235)

I Fe No.4 deposit 2,480,819tons @ 28.62%recoverable Fe

MDC 20 p110

Childs DepositMayo Township

MDI31F04SE--00013 (SO 0236)

I Fe 6,193,330tons @ 19.25% recoverable Fe MDC 20 p114

Calabogie MagnetitePropertyAlgoma Ore Prop. Ltd.Bagot Township

MDI31F07SE--00009 (SO 0353)

I Fe Reserves of 45 million tons. 25% Fe to500 feet and 28% Fe to 1,000 feet.

MDC 11 p314

Buckhorn DepositBagot Township

MDI31F07NE--00069 (SO0362)

I Mo Largest of numerous small lensescontains 1,500 tons @ 1%MoS2

MDC 20 p132

Bannockburn(Madoc MiningCompany Ltd.)Madoc Township

MDI31C12NE--00195 (SO 7274)

A Au 225,000 T grading 0.267 opT Au MP 161p 377

CooperSpruce RidgeResources LtdElzevir Township

MDI31C11SW--00044 (SO 2679)

I Au, Talc 3 Mt @ 30--33% recoverable talc and40,000 t @ 8 gpt Au

OFR 5945P 92OFR 5808P 79

Dingman DepositDeloro Minerals Ltd.Marmora Township

MDI31C12SE--00040 (SO 3590)

A Au 7 Mt @ 1.8 gpt Au OFR 5958P 11 13

HawleyRam Petroleum LimitedOlden Township

MDI31C10NW--00117 (SO 4057)

A Wollastonite 2.5 Mt @ 32% wollastonite to a verticaldepth of 75 metres

OFR 5943P 337

MarmoraGitennes ExplorationInc.Marmora Township

MDI31C12SE--00096 (SO 3729)

I Wollastonite 450,000 t (open pit) @ 47% wollastonite,plus 680,000 t @ 39% wollastonite in aseparate zone

OFR 5715P 50

TrudeauC. Roger YoungHungerford Township

MDI31C11SW--00049 (SO 1192)

A Calcite,Dolomite

4 Mt high--purity dolomite.No estimate available for calcite zone.

OFR 5958p. 11--11

Verona--KirkhamStewart Lake ResourcesInc.Bedford Township

MDI31C10SE--00023 (SO 1244)

I Graphite 1.6 Mt grading 9.5% graphite in 2separate zones.

MDC 33 p 16

Cal Graphite Corp.Butt Township

MDI31E11NE--00004 (N0129)

I Graphite Reserves of 60 Mt grading 3% graphiticcarbon

MDC 33 p 10

Globe Graphite MineNorth ElmsleyTownship

MDI31C16SE--00016 (SO 1604)

I Graphite 500,000 t of approximately 7% graphitebelow mined out portion, to the 300 ftlevel.

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MadawaskaFaraday MineFaraday Township

MDI31F04SW--00037 (SO 0223)

I Uranium Reserves of 1.023 Mt at .145% U3O8. MDC 23 p 60

St. LawrencePacific Coast MinesInc.Pittsburgh Township

MDI31C08NW--00058 (SO 8487)

I Wollastonite 9--11 Mt @ 43% wollastonite; 4--5 Mt @34% wollastonite

MNDMwww 1997

*(Table does not include nepheline syenite, trap rock, REE and dimension stone deposits.)

Table 9. Historic Production of Gold – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Mine Township Operating Tons Milled Ounces Produced Grade

Big Dipper Barrie 1907,--09 52 17 0.33

Cook Marmora 1901--01,--04 1483 289 0.26

Cordova Belmont 1892 120,670 22,774 0.19

Craig Tudor 1905--06 1,850 248 0.13

Deloro Marmora 1897--02 39,143 10,360 0.26

Gatling 5 Acre Marmora 1900--03 6,114 2,353 0.38

Gilmour Grimsthorpe 1909--10 550 172 0.31

Golden Fleece Kaladar 1919,--22 Unknown 480 Unknown

Ledyard Belmont 1893--94 55 13 0.24

Pearce Marmora 1893,--08 239 302 1.26

Sophia Madoc 1900,--41 1800 110 0.06

Sovereign Marmora 1878

1892--92,--00

Unknown

1,962

970

370

Unknown

0.19

Star of the East Barrie 1905,--07 976 134 0.14

Total 174,894 38,592

Table 10. Historic Production of Copper, Lead, Zinc – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Mine Township Operating Tons Milled Production

Kingdon Fitzroy 1884--851914--31

905,000 76,821,409 lbs. Pb conc.857,312 lbs. Zn conc.60,074,072 lbs. Pb rec.

Long Lake Olden 1897--25

1973--74

3,442

NA

$41,550 ore value

9,467 tons Zn valued at$1,227,000

Eldorado Copper Madoc 1906 NA 234,000lbs copper matte containing 230oz Au,182oz Ag, 109,000lbs Cu

Hollandia Lead Madoc 1903--06 NA 2,653,365 lbs. Pb

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Table 11. Historic Production of Iron – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).

Mine Township Operating Tons Milled Grade (% Fe)

Calabogie Bagot 1883--1901 10,000 26

Martel Bagot Pre 1890 2,000 58.71

Williams (Black Bay) Bagot 1880--90 25,000 51.89

Black Lake Bedford 1882--1884 4,000 40

Glendower Bedford 1873--1895 50,000 50--60

Belmont (Ledyard) Belmont 1899--1900, 1911--1913 8,433 51.2

Blairton Belmont 1820--1875 300,000 51.8

Playfair (Dalhousie) Dalhousie 1866--71 11,100 57.6

Radnor Grattan 1901--1907 18,824 47.5

Eagle Lake (Blessington) Hinchinbrooke 1887--1891 700 65.55

Tomahawk (Mag--Iron) Lake 1947, 1950--57 2,096 50.9

Wilbur Lavant Pre 1900, 1907--8 146,892 56.69

Magnetawan Lount 1910--1912 6,000 59.55

Paxton Lutterworth Before 1910 1,000 NA

Miller Madoc 1899 6,823 NA

Wallbridge Madoc 1900--01, 1919, 1921 3,421 NA

Marmoraton Marmora 1952--1978 28,000,000 40

Bessemer Mayo 1902--13 99,613 42.18

Childs Mayo 1913 9,649 38.7

McNab McNab 1873--74 15,000 68

Robertsville & Mary Palmerston 1895, 1900--1, 1918--9 13,477 70.5

Fournier S. Sherbrooke 1873 600 60

Howland Snowdon 1880--2 1,500 58

Victoria Snowdon 1882 ? 58.35

Dog Lake Storrington 1899 600 51.12

St. Charles Tudor 1900--02 5,186 57--60

Coe Hill Wollaston 1884--1914 100,000 51.4

Total 28,841,914


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Table 12. Publications of Ontario Geological Survey Activities 1998 – Southern Regional Resident Geologist (Southeast).


Geology of the Bancroft Area Lumbers, S.B. and Vertolli, V.M. Map P.3385, 1998

Report of Activities 1997, Resident Geolo-gist’s Report: Southeastern and Southwest-ern Districts, Mines & Minerals InformationCentre and Petroleum Resources Centre

Sangster, P.J., Papertzian, V.C., Steele,K.G., Laidlaw, D.A., Stewart, J.M. andCarter, T.R.

OFR 5974, 1998

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Southwest Ontario Resident Geologist District—1998

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K.G. Steele and J.M. Stewart

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SOUTHERN ONTARIO REGIONAL RESIDENTGEOLOGIST (SOUTHWEST) -- 1998K.G. Steele1 and J.M. Stewart2

1Southwest Ontario District Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey2District Support Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey

IntroductionIn 1998, mining and quarrying of sedimentary--hosted deposits in the Southwest Ontario District

continued to provide a significant portion of Ontario’s mineral production. The location of the 4 mines, 35quarries and 3 brine well fields that produce industrial minerals, non--aggregate stone and building stone inSouthwest Ontario are shown in Figure 1. All mining, quarrying and brine well activities operatedthroughout the year. Many reported record years for production and a significant number increasedcapacity and/or production and purchased new equipment and/or technology. Employment atnon--aggregate industrial mineral extraction and associated processing facilities in the Southwest OntarioDistrict exceeded 3 500 employees. Expenditures for expansion, new equipment and technologies atindustrial mineral operations exceeded $72 million. Development started or continued on three newquarries. Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd’s Millennium Quarry will position the company well in future highpurity limestone markets. Canada Brick is developing the Aldershot West Quarry and a newstate--of--the--art brick making plant that, when completed, will be the largest brick making facility in NorthAmerica. Credit Valley Quarries Co. Ltd. is developing their Terra Cotta Quarry for sandstone production,scheduled to commence in the early part of 1999.

Recommendations are presented for the exploration of high--purity dolomite anddimension/landscaping stone. Prospects for both are found in the Guelph Formation in the area thatstretches north from Woodstock to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula.

Mining ActivityAll mineral production in the Southwest Ontario District is classified as industrial minerals.

Ontario leads Canada in the production of structural materials and ranks third in the Canadianproduction of non--metallic minerals. Combining both commodity types, the total value of Ontario’sindustrial mineral production in 1997 (the last year for which statistics are available) was $1.6 billion, or29.2% of the total value of mineral production in the province. Ontario is Canada’s leading producer ofnepheline syenite, salt, talc, clay/shale products, cement, lime, sand and gravel and stone, and a majorproducer of gypsum and silica. All of the province’s salt and gypsum production is from SouthwestOntario, as well as a large percentage of the province’s clay/shale products, cement, lime, sand and graveland stone production.

As mentioned above, the location of all active mineral extraction operations in Southwest Ontario areshown on Figure 1. The mines, quarries and brine well fields listed extract salt, gypsum, limestone,dolostone, shale, sandstone and gneiss for a variety of end uses including road salt, wallboard, lime,chemicals, cement, bricks, and building stone. Operations that produce construction aggregate are notshown. Production figures from the four underground mining operations in Southwest Ontario are listed inTable 1.

ROCK SALT

Sifto Canada Inc. – Goderich Mine

At Goderich, Sifto Canada Inc. is mining and milling the A--2 Unit; the central 18.2 m portion of a33.5 m thick bed of rock salt. The mined A--2 Unit is a relatively flat--lying, undisturbed salt bed of the

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Salina Formation located 536 m below the ground surface. Purity is 97% salt and 3% gypsum, anhydriteand limestone.

The Goderich Mine is the largest and oldest operating underground salt mine in the WesternHemisphere, having produced salt continuously since 1867. The current mine and surface plant are locatedon fill in Goderich Harbour allowing transportation by ship, rail and truck. Mining of the rock salt bed isprogressing south and west to the point where the active mining area is now 3.7 km southwest of the shaftunder Lake Huron. There is more than 400 m of rock separating the lakebed and the mine workings, whichcover an area of 3.4 by 3.2 km. The mine has been steadily increasing production over the past few years,from 3.2 Mt in 1993 to 6.0 Mt in 1998. About 90% of production occurs between April 1 and December31 when vessels can load in the harbour. The majority of the Goderich production goes to road de--icing;the remainder is consumed by chemical plants. At the end of 1998, the mine employed more than 440people.

In 1998, all production was via the bench mining method. In bench mining, the top 3.6 m of theproduction seam is removed using underground mining equipment, then the remaining 14.6 m is recoveredusing vertical drillholes and surface equipment working underground. The bench mining method isconsidered safer, more economical, leaves less waste rock, makes it easier to control roof stresses andallows for higher rates of production. Underground ventilation was significantly improved in 1998 by theinstallation of two new 1250 hp fans.

IMC Global Inc completed the purchase of the Goderich Mine from the Harris Chemical Group in1998. A $9.0 million expansion of production capacity was completed in 1998 that has boosted the mine’sannual production from 5.5 to 6.5 Mt.

The Canadian Salt Company – Ojibway Mine

Rock salt is mined at the Ojibway Mine, located along the Detroit River in the southwestern corner ofthe City of Windsor. The mine extracts salt from the 7.5 m thick Middle F Unit of the Salina Formationlocated approximately 295 m below the ground surface. The production unit is relatively flat--lying,uniform, well bedded and has frequent pockets of clear, white, recrystallized, secondary salt with dolomiteconcentrated at its base. The mining thickness is 6.0--6.5 m from the centre of the unit, leaving salt both inthe roof and floor for ground control. A room and pillar mining method is used, with parallel driftsconnected by 12.2 m wide crosscuts. The mine operated at its production capacity rate of 10 300 t/dthroughout 1998, with no significant operational changes. 99% of the mined material is sold as endproduct rock salt that is used primarily for the de--icing of roads. Other uses include water softening, feedsalt and use in the chloralkali industry.

SALT IN BRINE

Three brine well fields operated within the Southwest Ontario District during 1998.

General Chemical Canada Limited extracted 850 000 tons of salt from their Anderdon Brine Fieldlocated north of Amherstburg for use in the production of soda ash and calcium chloride. The company hasrecently made a significant investment in well upgrades and new technology.

Sifto Canada Inc. operates the Goderich Brine Field and Evaporator Plant within the town limits ofGoderich. The operation, which started prior to the turn of the century, extracts brine from the B Unit of theSalina Formation.

In 1998, the Goderich Plant operated at their full production capacity of 120 000 t/yr.

The Canadian Salt Company operates the Windsor Brine Field north of their Ojibway Mine, within theCity of Windsor. The facility, which opened in 1928, currently operates at a production rate of 180 000 t/yr.


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GYPSUM

CGC Inc – Hagersville Mine

CGC Inc., Canadian Gypsum Division, operates the Hagersville Plant near Hagersville, Ontario. Theoperation consists of an underground mine, mill and wallboard production facility. Gypsum from Unit E ofthe Salina Formation is mined via a decline at a depth of 25 to 35 m below the ground surface using a roomand pillar mining method. Within the rooms, 83% of the gypsum bed is recovered. The total thickness ofthe mined unit is approximately 1 to 1.5 m. The gypsum is generally massive with few impurities and somezones grade greater than 90% gypsum. Locally, the gypsum may be nodular or have a chicken--wire,mosaic texture. During 1998, the working faces were approximately 4 km southeast of the mine declineentrance and plant.

Georgia Pacific Canada Inc. – Caledonia No. 3 Mine

Georgia Pacific operates an integrated mine, mill and wallboard plant complex at Caledonia, 20 kmsouthwest of Hamilton. At the Caledonia No. 3 Mine, gypsum is extracted from Unit B Anhydrite of theSalina Formation. In the mine area this unit is 20 to 25 m below the ground surface, varies in thicknessfrom 2.5 to 5 m, and is approximately 75% pure. The mine uses a continuous mining method, using twoPaurat mining machines. Georgia Pacific is in the process of purchasing a third continuous mining unit at acost of US$1.9 million. This added machine will increase mine production from its current 400 000 t/yrcapacity to 450 000 t/yr. In 1998, the mine operated at full capacity.

CEMENT

There are currently five cement plants operating in southwest Ontario that are owned and operated byfour separate companies. Three plants have limestone quarries on site. One operation, St. LawrenceCement, imports limestone from southeast Ontario. The fifth cement plant, Federal White Cement Ltd.’soperations near Woodstock, purchase limestone from local quarries.

Blue Circle Cement – Bowmanville and St. Marys Quarries

Blue Circle Cement operates the Bowmanville Quarry and Plant and the St. Marys Quarry and Plant.Blue Circle purchased both operations from the St. Marys Cement Co. in 1997.

The Bowmanville Quarry and Plant were originally developed in 1968. The plant, expanded in 1974and again in 1990--92, is located between Highway 401, Lake Ontario and the Darlington NuclearGenerating Plant immediately southwest of Bowmanville. Currently, 3 Mt/yr of rock are removed from thequarry. The 80m deep quarry exposes over 50 m of Lindsay Formation limestone and shale beneath 10 mof glacial drift. The Lindsay Formation is excavated for cement production in four lifts. The lower 3 liftsexpose 46 m of the lower member of the Lindsay Formation, which consists of interbedded, bioclasticcalcarenite, microcrystalline limestone and grey--green calcareous shale. The uppermost lift exposes 5 m ofthe Collingwood Member of the Lindsay Formation. This unit consists of black, very fossiliferous,bituminous, shaly limestone and calcareous black shale.

In 1998, production of cement was 2.6 Mt. The current dry process plant built in 1992 produces 3 mainproducts: type 10 Portland general--purpose cement; type 30 quick--setting high--strength cement; and“dense” cement for the nuclear power industry. Most of the production (>80%) is exported to USAmarkets via the plant’s port facility on Lake Ontario. Due to strong USA markets, the quarry and plant havea continuing expansion program.


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At St. Marys, Ontario, the current quarry and plant were developed in the late 1960s near the southernoutskirts of the town. The quarry exposes up to 12 m of glacial drift, underlain by 18 m of MiddleDevonian limestone and dolomitic limestone of the Dundee and Lucas Formations. In 1998, cementproduction was more than 800 000 t.

Lafarge Canada Inc. – Woodstock Quarry

Lafarge Canada Inc. owns the Woodstock Quarry and Woodstock Cement Plant. Lafarge ConstructionMaterials operates the quarry. Both the quarry and plant are located approximately 23 km west of theTown of Woodstock. The quarry exposes a 50+ m section of the Middle Devonian Detroit River Group.The lower part of the quarry is represented by cherty, banded, fossiliferous limestone of the AmherstburgFormation. Bioclastic and microcrystalline limestone of the Lucas Formation overlies this unit. In 1998,580 000 t of rock were extracted from the quarry.

In 1998, the Woodstock Cement Plant underwent a major upgrade and expansion. The $15 milliontechnology project involved streamlining and automating manufacturing operations, upgrading the plant’sinfrastructure and improving the customer service facilities. The project boosted production capacity to500 000 t/yr and reduced cement manufacturing costs by 20%. The plant has road and rail access and thequarry has extensive limestone reserves, both of which played a role in the company’s decision to invest inthe long--term viability of the facility. Also in 1998, one new product was manufactured. The plant nowproduces high--strength, low--porosity, silica fume cement. This product was used in the construction of theConfederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

St. Lawrence Cement – Mississauga Quarry

St. Lawrence Cement Inc. operates the Mississauga Cement Plant along the Lake Ontario shoreline inMississauga, Ontario. A small quarry adjacent to the plant produces small quantities of shale for use in thecement manufacturing process. The cement plant has a production capacity of 1.9 Mt/yr. In 1998, thecompany undertook a $12.4 million upgrade of the facility. The plant imports limestone by ship from thecompany’s Ogden Point Quarry located near the shore of Lake Ontario at Colborne in southeast Ontario.

CLAY/SHALE PRODUCTS

During 1998 in southwest Ontario, four companies quarried shale for clay/shale products and fivecompanies manufactured bricks and tiles. However, only the two large operators, Canada Brick andBrampton Brick, have both quarrying and manufacturing facilities in the region. Two small quarriesoperated by Amos C. Martin Ltd. in Esquesing Township and George Coultis & Son Ltd. near Thedford,Ontario, supplied shale to Hamilton Brick Ltd., Norwich Brick and Tile, and Paisley Brick and Tile Co.

Canada Brick – Aldershot, Burlington, Milton and Streetsville Quarries

Canada Brick, a division of Jannock Limited, currently operates five shale quarries and four brickplants in Ontario. Four of the quarries and three plants are located in southwest Ontario.

The four active quarries in southwest Ontario are located in a small triangular area between Burlington,Milton and Mississauga. All extract Queenston Formation shale using bulldozers. Total production fromthe four quarries in 1998 was 1.06 Mt. The company’s Streetsville Quarry in Mississauga was expanded in1998 to extend its life for another seven years at full production.

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Brampton Brick – Cheltenham Quarry

Brampton Brick operates the Cheltenham Quarry and a modern brick making plant in northwestBrampton. Queenston Formation shale is extracted at the Cheltenham Quarry and transported by truck 10km to the manufacturing plant. Company literature indicates that 330 000 t of shale is extracted annually toproduce 120 million brick units.

CHEMICAL, METALLURGICAL & FILLER LIMESTONE AND DOLOSTONEPRODUCTS

Five quarries in southwest Ontario extract limestone or dolostone for use in chemical, metallurgical andfiller products. Some of the quarries also sell material for aglime and all sell material for aggregate,landscaping and engineering uses.

Other companies supplying aglime include Walker Brothers Quarries Ltd., Ridgemount Quarries Ltd.,Vineland Quarries and Crushed Stone Ltd., Georgian Aggregates & Construction Inc., and CayugaMaterials & Construction Co. Ltd.

Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd. – Ingersoll Quarry

Global Stone (Ingersoll) Ltd. manufactures limestone aggregate and high calcium quicklime from itsquarry and lime works situated on the north edge of the Town of Ingersoll. The deposit consists ofhigh--purity calcium, bioclastic, microcrystalline limestone composed of typically 97.5--98.5% calciumcarbonate used in the manufacture of quicklime and for aggregate. The high--purity calcium unit is overlainby a siliceous limestone cap rock that is used for armour stone. All rock exposed in the 35 m deep quarry ispart of the Anderdon Member of the Middle Devonian Lucas Formation. In 1998, 1.2 Mt of high--calciumlimestone was extracted from the quarry and 235 000 t of quicklime was produced. The quarry has been inactive production for more than 60 years and has sufficient reserves on adjacent property to ensurecontinuing operation for approximately 300 years at current production rates.

The Ingersoll lime plant comprises a rotary kiln and three vertical shaft kilns with a combined capacityof over 700 t/day of quicklime. The quicklime and other processed lime products are utilized for a widerange of industrial, environmental and construction applications including fluxing agent for steel andmetals refining, water purification, neutralizing agent for mine drainage, pulp and paper mill effluent andaglime.

The most significant change in operations during 1998 was in ownership. In May, Global Stonebecame a business unit of Oglebay Norton Company. In 1998, work continued on a $7 million, two--yearproject to modify the shaft kilns. The project, to be completed in 1999, will improve product quality,quantity through--putt, and cost operating efficiencies. Also during the year, the administration functionswere moved off--site and buildings that housed sales, technical services and supervisory staff were relocatedto provide access to additional resources.

BeachviLime Ltd. – Beachville West Quarry

In 1998, BeachviLime Limited operated the Beachville West Quarry located southwest of Woodstock,Ontario. The adjacent East Quarry remained dormant. The West Quarry exposes a 25 m thick section of theAnderdon Member of the Middle Devonian Lucas Formation. The strata in the quarry consist of bioclasticlimestone, interbedded with microcrystalline limestone, and calcarenite. Overburden averages 24 m in thevicinity of the quarry. The high--purity limestone extracted has a grade of 97.5% calcium carbonate.


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The company operates two lime processing facilities at Beachville, referred to as the East and WestPlants. Combined production from the plants was 450 000 t of lime in 1998. The East Plant underwent a$12 million technology upgrade in 1998. Products produced include quicklime, hydrate, and pulverizedlimestone.

Guelph DoLime Ltd. – Guelph DoLime Quarry

Guelph DoLime Ltd., a subsidiary of BeachviLime Ltd., operated the Guelph DoLime Quarry andPlant in 1998. The quarry and processing facility is located on the Speed River southwest of downtownGuelph. The quarry exposes 20 m of Middle Silurian Guelph Formation. The lower 4 m is thin--bedded,coarse crystalline, dark--brown, bituminous dolostone of the Eramosa Member of the Guelph Formationthat is extracted for aggregate. Overlying this unit is a 5.5 m thick unit of transitional EramosaMember--Guelph Formation dolostone. The upper 10.5 m of the quarry section is a pure, white to buff incolour, fine to medium crystalline, massive, thin--bedded dolostone of the Guelph Formation. Thetransitional unit and overlying dolostone are extracted for the production of dolomitic lime. In 1998,285 000 t of stone were extracted from the quarry. Overburden in the vicinity of the quarry is 8--12 m thick.

The on--site processing facility was active until November 1998. At that time, it was mothballed andnow all dolomite is trucked to the two lime plants of BeachviLime Ltd. for processing.

E. C. King Contracting – Sydenham Quarry

E. C. King Contracting, a division of Miller Paving Ltd., operates the Sydenham Quarry 6.5 km east ofOwen Sound. The quarry exposes 15 m light blue--grey, medium to thick bedded, fine to mediumcrystalline dolostone of the Wiarton/Colpoy Bay Member of the Middle Silurian Amabel Formation. Stonefrom the quarry is trucked to the company’s off--site dolomite plant for processing. The plant producesglass--grade dolomitic limestone and aglime. The dolomitic limestone is sold to PPG’s glassmanufacturing facility in Owen Sound.

Lafarge Canada Inc. – Dundas Quarry

Lafarge Canada Inc. owns and Lafarge Construction Materials operates the Dundas dolostone quarrynear Hamilton, a major producer of aggregate and supplier of material to an on--site processing facility ofLafarge Lime. Until late 1997, the quarry and lime plant were owned and operated by Redland QuarriesInc. The quarry, as listed by Aggregates and Roadbuilding magazine in July--August, 1998, rates as thesecond largest quarry in Canada, extracting 3.9 Mt of rock annually.

The quarry exposes 20 m of the Guelph Formation. The upper 7 m is brown--grey, very fine crystalline,medium bedded dolostone. The lower 13 m is brown, very fine crystalline, thin to thick bedded, dolostoneof the Eramosa Member of the Guelph Formation. The Eramosa Member has zones with abundant shalypartings, laminations and bituminous banding.

Approximately 10% of the total quarry output is sent to the Lafarge Lime processing plant. As a resultof corporate moves in late 1998, the operation of Lafarge Lime is a joint venture with Carmeuse Lime Inc.and Dravo Corp. The Dundas Lime Plant has three rotary kilns with a production capacity of 400 000 t/yr.In 1998, the Dundas Plant produced 310 000 t of dolomitic lime.

Dimension/Building Stone

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Georgetown area and one gneiss quarry near Orillia that produce dimension and building stone. Thedemand for stone is closely tied to residential construction projects and home renovations in southernOntario. As the southern Ontario housing market is currently strong, in 1998 many stone producersoperated at or above capacity. Numerous producers indicated they could not meet market demand.Increasing amounts of southwest Ontario stone is being shipped to the USA, particularly to bordering GreatLakes states and cities.

DOLOSTONE/LIMESTONE/MARBLE

In southwest Ontario, 15 active quarries extract either dolostone or limestone for use as architectural,dimension, building, flag, masonry, landscape and polished stone. Some products are marketed under the“marble” label.

The Eramosa Member of the Guelph Formation is quarried by seven companies at eleven quarries inthe general Wiarton area on the Bruce Peninsula. One of the companies, Owen Sound Ledgerock Ltd., ishighlighted below. The Eramosa Member is a thin bedded, grey to dark grey and brown to dark brown, finecrystalline, bituminous dolostone, interbedded with thin bedded, non--bituminous dolostone. It’s beeninterpreted to be an inter--biohermal facies associated with Guelph (or possibly Amabel) Formationbioherms. All eleven quarries produce coursing or ashlar or ledgerock, sills, flagging, and landscape stone,while some produce “value--added” building and ornamental products such as polished tiles, mantels andtabletops.

In mid 1998, Ashcroft & Associates purchased the former McCartney Quarry located southeast ofWiarton. The quarry, which exposes Eramosa Member dolostone, was brought back into production inSeptember and with the acquisition of two new rock saws, it’s scheduled to produce both random landscapestone and sawn blocks in early 1999.

In 1998, Georgian Bay Marble and Stone re--opened the Cook Quarry situated directly across the roadfrom the company’s Wiarton Quarry. With the two Eramosa Member dolostone quarries in operation,Georgian Bay Marble and Stone reported a 50% increase in production and sales in 1998.

Arriscraft International Inc. quarries the Wiarton/Colpoy Bay Member of the Amabel Formation atHope Bay, just north of Wiarton. At their Adair Marble Quarry, Arriscraft extracts a blue--grey to sepiadolostone for dimension stone. The stone is used for both horizontal and vertical building and landscapingelements, such as wall claddings, caps, columns, pavers and retaining walls. Polished varieties are used formarble flooring, interior wall cladding, tables and counter tops. This stone was used to face the CanadianChancery in Washington, D.C. In 1998, a large amount of product went to a new building at MiddleburyCollege in Vermont. In addition, the quarry began selling rough blocks for processing by other companies.

Two limestone quarries operated by Speiran Quarries Ltd. and Fowler Construction Company Ltd. inRamara Township in the Orillia area produced flag, building and landscaping stone. At the FlamboroQuarries Ltd. operation near Dundas, Guelph Formation dolostone, including the Eramosa Member, isextracted for landscape stone.

Owen Sound Ledgerock Ltd. – Wiarton, Owen Sound, and SenesunQuarries

Owen Sound Ledgerock (OSL) extracts Eramosa Member dolostone from two quarries near Wiartonand a quarry northwest of Owen Sound. In 1998, 51 000 t of stone were extracted which represents a 15%increase in production over 1997. OSL operates a processing facility at its Wiarton Quarry and a modern,computerized fabrication and custom--cutting plant at the Owen Sound Quarry. Quarry and fabricationoperations employ 80 people year--round and an additional 50 employees during peak quarrying periods.


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OSL celebrated its 40th year of operation in 1998. It also marked a year of major expansion,acquisitions and achievements for the company. Approximately 500 m2 of manufacturing floor space wasadded to the fabrication plant. New equipment installed included a crane and gantry, Jaguar saw, rotarysaw, wire saw, router table and milling centre. The milling centre is a technologically advanced machinethat can cut or carve a multitude of shapes and tool paths in many directions while rapidly changing its owndrill bits. Additional new machinery is on order for 1999. Approximately 500 m2 of plant floor was alsoadded to the Wiarton processing facility. New equipment added to the Wiarton operations included a Jaguarsaw, swing arm polisher, hydraulic splitting machine and table saws. In 1998 a new product, the “Eramosalimestone sandblasted” has been well received. Stone World magazine, the stone industry trade magazinefor North America, presented Harold Stobbe, founder and President of OSL, with the 1998 TechnologicalAchievement Award at the StonExpo 98/Marble Institute of America convention in New Orleans.

SANDSTONE

Three small quarries, operated by Hilltop Stone and Supply Inc., Rice and McHarg Ltd. and DeforestBrothers Quarry Ltd., extract Whirlpool Formation sandstone in the Georgetown – Inglewood area. In total,approximately 5000 t of material was quarried in 1998. The Whirlpool Formation is a massive to thinbedded, pale grey, buff or red, fine grained sandstone. Red and green mottled zones also occur. The twoquarries southwest of Georgetown produce grey and buff sandstone products, while the Deforest BrothersQuarry near Inglewood produces red and brown sandstone varieties. All quarries produce ashlar, flagstone,steps and copings for building and landscaping uses.

GNEISS

At the Fleming Quarry of Rama Stone Quarries Ltd. near Orillia, gneiss was extracted for building andlandscaping stone products.

Aggregate

CRUSHED STONE

Crushed stone aggregate is a major mineral commodity produced in southwest Ontario. In July--August1998, Aggregates & Roadbuilding magazine published their annual listing of Canada’s top 10 stonequarries, five of which are in Ontario with four being situated in southwest Ontario.

The largest quarries in southwest Ontario, with their national rankings and 1997 production figures areas follows:

Quarry Name & Operator National Ranking 1997 Production

Milton Quarry, Dufferin Aggregates 1 5.5 MtDundas Quarry, Lafarge Canada 2 3.9 MtActon Quarry, Blue Circle Aggregates 5 3.0 MtNelson Quarry, Nelson Aggregate 9 1.7 Mt

The major crushed stone source areas are along the Niagara Escarpment, particularly in the Milton area;east of Lake Simcoe; in the Port Colborne area; and southwest of Woodstock. Most of the crushedaggregate is trucked to local major urban centres, however there are exceptions. For example, PortColborne Quarries Ltd. extracted 710 000 t of material in 1998, all of which was exported to the USA byGreat Lakes shipping.


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SAND & GRAVEL

Sand and gravel aggregate is a major mineral commodity produced in southwest Ontario. InSeptember--October 1998, Aggregates & Roadbuilding magazine published their annual listing of Canada’stop 10 sand & gravel plants, five of which are in Ontario and located in southwest Ontario. The largestsand & gravel plants in southwest Ontario, with their national rankings and 1997 production figures are asfollows:

Plant Name & Operator National Ranking 1997 Production

Mosport Plant, TRT Aggregates 2 1.92 MtMosport Plant, Dufferin Aggregates 6 1.26 MtStouffville Plant, Lafarge Canada 7 1.24 MtCaledon Plant, Caledon Sand & Gravel 9 1.15 MtSunderland Plant, Blue Circle Aggregates 10 0.96 Mt

TRT Aggregate’s Mosport Pit and Plant, from its location 80 km northeast of Toronto along the crest ofthe Oak Ridges Moraine, produces mainly washed concrete and asphalt aggregates for construction marketsin the greater Toronto area. The 400 ha property was opened in 1971 and contains sufficient reserves for thenext 100 years at current levels of production. Normally between 9000 and 14 000 t are shipped across thecompany’s scale each day; however in late 1998, some 20 000 t/d were being trucked from the site.Dufferin Aggregate’s Mosport Pit and Plant is located immediately across the road from the TRToperations. Production from this plant has increased significantly from 0.8 Mt in 1996. The 48.5 ha siteconsists of proven reserves to a depth of 45 m.

The major sand and gravel source areas include along the Oak Ridges Moraine; within Caledon andPuslinch townships; and between Cambridge and Brantford. Most of the material is trucked to local majorurban centres.

Advanced Exploration and Development

Three industrial mineral development projects are highlighted. The first is an update of a projectpreviously reported on in the 1997 Resident Geologist Program Annual Report of Activities (Steele andStewart, 1998).

GLOBAL STONE INGERSOLL LTD. – MILLENNIUM QUARRY

In the fall of 1997 Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd. began excavating a new high--calcium limestone quarry,referred to as the Millennium Quarry, adjacent to their currently operating Ingersoll Quarry. The newdevelopment is separated from the Ingersoll Quarry and Plant by a railway line.

From October 1997 to October 1998, approximately 1.8 Mt of overburden material measuring up to 30m in thickness was removed to expose a surface area of 100 by 225 m of Lucas Formation limestone.Drilling and blasting of the cap rock and the development of haulage ramps will begin in early 1999.

In early 1999, Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd. received permission from CN Railways to construct a tunnelto connect the new and existing quarries. The tunnel, to be completed in 1999, will be approximately 120m long and 25--30 m below the existing railway line. The approximate 28 000 t of limestone to be removedduring tunnel construction will be processed through the lime plant. All production from the newMillennium Quarry will be moved through the tunnel, beginning in early 2000 (R.L. Bowman, personalcommunication, August 1998 and January 1999).

CANADA BRICK – ALDERSHOT WEST QUARRY AND PLANT

In 1998, development began on the Aldershot West Quarry and Brick Plant. The site is locatedimmediately north of Highway 403 in The City of Burlington. Canada Brick currently extracts Queenston


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Formation shale from the Aldershot Centre Quarry to feed their Burlington Plant. A limited amount ofshale removed in development of the West Quarry was used in brick production this year. Canada Brickreports that the Aldershot area has the highest quality shale for brick making along the NiagaraEscarpment.

Site preparation was underway by late 1998 for the construction of a new “state--of--the--art” brickmanufacturing facility. The plant, to be completed by April 2000, will be the largest brick producing plantin North America, with an annual production capacity of 150 million units. The multimillion--dollar projectis being engineered to protect the environment (R. Martin, personal communication, January 1999).

CREDIT VALLEY QUARRIES CO. LTD. – TERRA COTTA QUARRY

Credit Valley Quarries Co. Ltd. reopened the Terra Cotta Quarry in 1998. In preparation for the 1999season, a large section of the quarry was stripped, old roads were cleared and new ones constructed, and anon--site office was established. Due to public concern regarding the location of the quarry on the NiagaraEscarpment, additional consideration was given to screening the quarry’s visual impact and operationalsounds from neighbours and in protecting the natural habitat surrounding the Bruce Trail that runs thoughthe property.

The quarry is a past producer of Whirlpool Formation sandstone. Potential production faces exposedand tested indicate that a variety of materials will be quarried in varying shades of buff, mottled and redWhirlpool sandstone to produce a variety of stone products. Products will be marketed under the “CreditValley Stone” label (L. Nichols, personal communication, January 1999).


As all exploration activity in southwest Ontario occurs on private land, there is no requirement forcompanies or individuals exploring for mineral deposits to contact or notify the Ministry of NorthernDevelopment and Mines and/or the District Geologist. Through informal discussions however, the DistrictGeologist is kept apprised of exploration or property acquisition interests for such commodities asdolostone/marble, salt, aggregate, sandstone, high--purity silica, high--calcium limestone, zinc, oil/gas, andclay/shale. Due to the competitive and market--driven nature of the industrial minerals industry, theidentities of companies and individuals exploring in southwest Ontario and the locations of their propertiescan not be identified.

Resident Geologist Program Staff and Activities

The District Geologist and District Support Geologist for southwest Ontario operate from the Minesand Minerals Information Centre (MMIC) in Toronto. All files, mineral deposit records and referencematerials for southwest Ontario are available for viewing at MMIC. For London--based clients, thePetroleum Resources Laboratory has a limited library of OGS publications.

In February 1998, the District Geologist attended the Aggregate Producers of Ontario annualconvention in Toronto.

The District Geologist and District Support Geologist constructed and staffed the “Southern Ontario:Mineral Resources for the Next Millennium” exhibit at the Prospectors and Developers of Canada AnnualInternational Convention in Toronto during March. In April, the District Support Geologist presented thisdisplay at the Northeast Mines and Minerals Symposium in Kirkland Lake.

In June, the District Geologist and the District Support Geologist attended a three--day field trip whichbrought together geologists from the Ministry of Natural Resources, The Royal Ontario Museum, the


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Geological Survey of Canada and the Ontario Geological Survey to discuss geology and mineral depositsalong the Niagara Escarpment from Guelph to Tobermory. Items discussed on the trip included structuralgeology, stratigaphy, sedimentology, mineral deposits, quarry/building stone industry, aggregate sourcesand fossils. During the trip, an introduction by the District Geologist resulted in Georgian Bay Marble andStone donating a high--quality Eurypterid specimen to the Royal Ontario Museum.

In September, the District Geologist organized the first day of a two--field trip designed for MNDM’sDistrict Support Geologists. Tours were organized at Blue Circle Cement’s Bowmanville Quarry andCement Plant and TRT Aggregates’ Mosport Pit and Plant. As part of the same field trip, the DistrictGeologist and District Support Geologist visited industrial mineral operations located in southeast Ontariothat produce a variety of commodities, including cement, sand & gravel, marble, granite, and nephelinesyenite.

In early October, the District Geologist attended and provided background information for a field tripled by OGS Geoscientist Derek Armstrong for geoscientists exploring for oil and gas in southwest Ontario.The field trip focused on Ordovician and Silurian strata in central and southwestern Ontario, with emphasison understanding the local stratigraphy and the different terminology used by surface and subsurfacegeologists, and in evaluating the reservoir potential of specific units.

The District Geologist attended Focus on Industrial Minerals 1998 in Vancouver from October 20 to24th where three industrial minerals meetings were held back to back. The meetings included: the TenthAnnual Canadian Conference on Markets for Industrial Minerals (October 20--21); Industrial Minerals inCanada, (October 22--23); and the 9th Biennial Federal--Provincial Meeting on Industrial Minerals,(October 24). The District Geologist co--authored a paper entitled “Ontario’s Industrial Minerals Industry:An Overview” that was presented at the Industrial Minerals in Canada meeting (Gerow, Sangster andSteele, 1998). In advance of the Industrial Minerals in Canada meeting, the District Geologist contacted allmajor industrial mineral producers in Southwest Ontario and advised them of the opportunity to submit apaper to the conference and the associated volume. The Canadian Conference on Markets for IndustrialMinerals included reviews of markets and trends for a number of commodities, including wollastonite,mica, lime, soda ash and silica sand. A copy of the conference volume is available for viewing at MMIC.

In late October, the District Geologist attended parts of the Geological Society of America AnnualMeeting held in Toronto, and participated in a two--day GSA field trip entitled “Silurian--Early DevonianSequence Stratigraphy, Cycles and Paleoenvironments of the Niagara Peninsula area of Ontario, Canada”.The District Support Geologist attended a GSA field trip entitled “Classic Quaternary Sites of Toronto”.Field trip guides are available for viewing at MMIC.

The District Geologist was an invited speaker at Ryerson Polytechnical University, Civil EngineeringDepartment for a presentation on “The Geology of Ontario and Geoscience Information Sources”.

The District Geologist was an active participant in the Prospectors and Developers Association ofCanada Education Committee and it’s Mining Matters teachers kit program. The District Geologist andDistrict Support Geologist were active participants in The Ontario Mining Association’s “Ontario MiningWeek” by providing displays on “Geology and Mines of Ontario, The Mineral Resources of SouthernOntario, and Geology of Toronto”.

During 1998, the District Geologist was involved in a variety of land use planning initiatives. At theprovincial scale, the District Geologist attended a number of Lands for Life meetings and open houses heldin Toronto to acquire background information. This information was used by other MNDM staff inpreparing the Ministry’s input into the Lands for Life process. Advice was also given to the Ministry ofMunicipal Affairs and Housing staff on the types and sources of geological and mineral resourceinformation applicable for municipal land use planning purposes. At a district scale, the District Geologistprovided review and input into Official Plans or planning issues for the following planningboards/municipalities: Huron County, Simcoe County and the Township of Brantford. The Maitland RiverConservation Authority sought expertise in interpreting surficial geology mapping in a large area north ofLondon. The District Geologist and District Support Geologist assisted in providing a common legend for


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seventeen OGS maps in the area. The District Geologist provided information for development proposalsadjacent to former mining sites near Paris and Caledonia.

Property Examinations

The focus in 1998 was to make introductory contact with and/or visit as many of the approximately 40non--aggregate mineral producers in southwest Ontario. Preliminary contact was made with almost allproducers and site visits were made to fifteen producing mines and quarries. Visits were made to sevenadditional properties, including quarries under development, aggregates quarries and pits, and a potentialbuilding stone quarry site. Property visits conducted by the Southwest Ontario District Geologist andDistrict Support Geologist are illustrated on Figure 2 and listed in Table 2. Site visits provided informationon commodities, mineral deposits, local and regional geology, extraction techniques, processing, markets,production statistics and issues.

In 1998, the District Geologist and District Support Geologist had comprehensive geology tours atthree of the four operating underground mines in southwest Ontario: CGC Inc’s Hagersville Mine, TheCanadian Salt Company’s Ojibway Mine and Sifto Canada Inc’s Goderich Mine. Brief visits were alsomade to three new quarries under development; Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd’s Millennium Quarry, CreditValley Quarries Co. Ltd.’s Terra Cotta Quarry and Canada Brick’s Aldershot West Quarry.

Quarry and property visits are all part of an on--going program function to document known mineraldeposits and occurrences, and identify areas of high mineral potential.


The following two recommendations for exploration in southwest Ontario are for specific intervalswithin the Guelph Formation for two very different end uses. The second recommendation re--emphasises arecommendations made in last year’s Report of Activities due to the potential for other uses of high--puritydolostone outside of the iron and steel industry.

ERAMOSA MEMBER DOLOSTONE OF THE GUELPH FORMATION

The Eramosa Member of the Guelph Formation is a thin--bedded dolostone unit that has been quarriedon the Bruce Peninsula since the early 1900’s for a variety of building and landscaping stone products.Currently, seven companies extract Eramosa from eleven quarries near Wiarton. Many of these quarrieshave operated for decades and now have limited reserves. Today, some quarries can not produce enoughstone to meet the strong demand from the luxury home construction industry in southern Ontario. Themarket for Eramosa in other markets, particularly the Great Lakes region of the United States is growing.In order to maintain future supply, new exploration and testing for suitable units of Eramosa isrecommended.

In the late 1980’s, the OGS completed a mapping project on the stratigraphy and resource potential ofthe Eramosa Member on the Bruce Peninsula (Armstrong and Meadows, 1988). The report presents adescription of the lithology of the Eramosa Member, a discussion of the stratigraphic relationships bothwithin the Member and with respect to its bounding formations, and comments on its regional distributionand its potential as a building stone resource. As a follow--up project, the OGS conducted detailed mappingof the Paleozoic Geology of the Bruce Peninsula (Armstrong and Dubord, 1993; Armstrong, 1993a;Armstrong, 1993b). An American Association of Petroleum Geologist guidebook provides an excellentadditional reference to the geology and stratigraphy of carbonate rocks on the Bruce Peninsula (Armstrongand Goodman, 1990). These references should be considered as primary reference materials in theexploration for Eramosa Member dolostone.


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GUELPH FORMATION DOLOSTONE

The Guelph Formation is well known as a resource for the production of high--purity dolomite andcalcined products for use in the iron and steel industry. Additional potential uses of high--purity dolomiteinclude the production of magnesium metal, chemicals, plastics, rubber and refractories. The bank reefcomplex and inter--reef depositional environments within the Guelph Formation form good targets forhosting very high--purity dolomite deposits. Analyses of Guelph Formation drill core indicate intervals ofextremely pure, nearly 100% dolomite (21.8% MgO). Areas for potentially hosting such high qualitydolostone deposits include the northern Bruce Peninsula, the Beachville--Ingersoll area, and the OwenSound to Woodstock area. Dolomite prospects are listed in Table 5 (Feenstra and Smith 1997; Feenstra andWilson 1996; Feenstra, Wilson and Tanglis 1995).

OGS Activities and Research by Others

Table 3 lists new OGS and Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) publications on southwest Ontarioreleased in 1998.

The OGS did not conduct any field projects within the Southwest Ontario District in 1998. However,office preparation continued on producing maps from previous fieldwork. In 1996 and 1997, P.J. Barnettconducted surficial geology mapping of the Newmarket and Beaverton Map Areas (Barnett, 1996; Barnett,1997). The Beaverton Map was released in 1998 (see Table 3), while the Newmarket Map will be releasedin 1999.

As part of a NATMAP Program, the GSC initiated an Oak Ridges Moraine hydrogeology study in1993 in response to water and environmental management issues identified by the Ontario Government.The study is being performed in collaboration with the OGS and a number of other provincial, municipal,university and local groups. Over a period of five years, this study is examining the geologic frameworkand the hydrologic role of the Oak Ridges Moraine. The primary objective is to understand the moraine’sinterior structure in sufficient detail to identify the geologic elements that control groundwater recharge,flow and discharge. The research team has developed a conceptual geological model for the Oak RidgesMoraine.

In 1998, two maps (see Table 3) and two summary reports (Russell et al., 1998a; Russell et al., 1998b)were published by the GSC from the Oak Ridges Moraine hydrogeology study. As a result of the study, anew map of the surficial geology of the Greater Toronto Area and the Oak Ridges Moraine is available.This map, extending from the Niagara Escarpment east to the termination of the Oak Ridges Moraine nearTrenton, has some significant new interpretations in the Toronto area.

A.P. Hamblin of the GSC continues a study of the Paleozoic rocks of southern Ontario, three summaryof literature reports were published in 1998 (see Table 3).

D. Tetreault is continuing Ph.D. research at the University of Western Ontario on Silurian arthropods:palaeoecology, including an unusual phyllocarid/echinoid fauna from the Silurian Eramosa Formation ofsouthern Ontario.


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References

Armstrong, D.K. 1993a. Paleozoic Geology of the Central Bruce Peninsula; Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5856, 19p.

Armstrong, D.K. 1993b. Paleozoic geology of Southern Bruce Peninsula, Southern Ontario; OntariO GeologicalSurvey, Open File report 5875, 19p.

Armstrong, D.K. and Dubord, M.P. 1992. Paleozoic Geology, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Southern Ontario; OntarioGeological Survey, Open File Map 198, scale 1:50 000.

Armstrong, D.K. and Goodman, W.R. 1990. Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Niagaran Carbonates,Bruce Peninsula, Ontario; Field trip No. 4 Guidebook, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, EasternSection 1990 Annual Meeting hosted by Ontario Petroleum Institute, London, Ontario, 59p.

Armstrong, D.K. and Meadows, J.R. 1988. Stratigraphy and Resource Potential of the Eramosa Member, BrucePeninsula, Ontario; Ontario geological Survey, Open File report 5662, 90p., and 1 map in back pocket.

Barnett, P.J., 1996. Field Investigations in the Newmarket and Beaverton Map Areas, Durham and York RegionalMunicipalities, Ontario; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1996, Ontario Geological Survey,Miscellaneous Paper 166, pp.78--80.

Barnett, P.J., 1997. Geology of the Beaverton Map Area, Durham and York Regional Municipalities and VictoriaCounty Municipality, Ontario; in Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 1997, Ontario GeologicalSurvey, Miscellaneous Paper 168, pp.110--112.

Feenstra, B.H. and Smith, Patrica 1997. Southwestern Resident Geologist’s District; in Report of Activities 1996,Resident Geologists, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5958, p. 13--1 – 13--9.

Feenstra, B. H. and Wilson, A. C. 1996. Southwestern Resident Geologist’s District; in Report of Activities 1995,Resident Geologists, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5943, p. 377--385.

Feenstra, B. H., Wilson, A. C. and Tanglis, C. 1995. Southwestern Resident Geologist’s District; in Report ofActivities 1994, Resident Geologists, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5921, p. 303--311.

Gerow, M., Sangster, P., and Steele, K. 1998. Ontario’s Industrial Mineral Industry: An Overview; in IndustrialMinerals in Canada -- Abstracts, Vancouver, October 1998, sponsored by Canadian Institute of Mining,Metallurgy and Petroleum, and British Columbia Geological Survey, p. 79--82.

Russell, H.A.J., Brennand, T.A., Logan, C., and Sharpe, D.R. 1998a. Standardization and Assessment of GeologicalDescriptions from Water Well Records, Greater Toronto and Oak Ridges Moraine Areas, Southern Ontario; inCurrent research 1998--E, Geological Survey of Canada, p.89--102.

Russell, H.A.J., Sharpe, D.R., and Arnott, W.R.C. 1998b. Sedimentology of the Oak Ridges Moraine, HumberRiver Watershed, Southern Ontario: A preliminary Report; in Current Research 1998--C, Geological Survey ofCanada, P. 155--166.

Steele, K.G. and Stewart, J.M. 1998. Southern Regional Resident Geologist, Southwest Ontario District – 1997; inReport of Activities, 1997 Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5974.


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Table 1. Mine Production and Reserves in the Southwest Ontario District.

Mine Production in 1997Tonnage@ Grade

Production in 1998Tonnage@ Grade

Reserves at end of 1998

Tonnage Grade

Caledonia No. 3Mine

Hagersville Mine

Goderich Mine

Ojibway Mine

400 000 t@ 75--80%gypsum/t

675 000 t@ 85%gypsum/t

5 900 000 t@ 97%NaCl/t

2 690 000 t*

@ 97%NaCl/t

400 000 t@ 70--75%gypsum/t

680 000 t@ 85%gypsum/t

6 000 000 t@ 97%NaCl/t

2 500 000 t@ 97%NaCl/t

>40 000 000 t

>13 000 000 t

350 000 000 t

95 000 000 t

70--75%gypsum/t

85%gypsum/t

97%NaCl/t

97%NaCl/t

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Table 2. Property Visits Conducted by the Southwest Ontario District Geologist and District Support Geologist in 1998.

Number Property/Occurrence

1 Guelph Quarry, Guelph DoLime Ltd.

2 Ebel Quarry, Ebel Quarries Ltd.

3 Cook Quarry, Georgian Bay Marble and Stone

4 Wiarton Quarry, Owen Sound Ledgerock Ltd.

5 Owen Sound Quarry, Owen Sound Ledgerock Ltd.

6 Adair Marble Quarry, Arriscraft International Inc.

7 Hagersville Mine, CGC Inc.

8 Hilltop Quarry, Hilltop Stone & Supply Inc.

9 Terra Cotta Quarry (under development), Credit Valley Quarries Co.Ltd.

10 Rice &McHarg Quarry, Rice & McHarg Ltd.

11 Goderich Mine, Sifto Canada Inc.

12 Millennium Quarry (under development), Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd.

13 Ingersoll Quarry, Global Stone Ingersoll Ltd.

14 Bowmanville Quarry, Blue Circle Cement

15 Ojibway Mine, The Canadian Salt Company

16 McGregor Quarry, General Chemical Canada Ltd.

17 Anderdon Brine Field, General Chemical Canada Ltd.

18 Cheltenham Quarry, Brampton Brick

19 Aldershot West Quarry (under development), Canada Brick

20 Potential building stone quarry – Wiarton, Neil & Irene Campbell

21 Millar Lake Quarry, H.C.S. Aggregates Ltd.

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Table 3. New Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) and Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Publications on Southwest Ontario Released in 1998.


Summary of Field Work and Other Activities1997

Ayer, J.A., Baker, C.L., Laderoute, D.G.and Thurston, P.C.

OGS Miscellaneous Paper 168, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Long Point--Port BurwellArea

Barnett, P.J. OGS Report 298, 143p., 1998

Quaternary Geology, Port Burwell Area,Southern Ontario

Barnett, P.J. OGS Map 2601, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Beaverton Area Barnett, P.J. and Mate, D.J. OGS Map 2560, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Long Point Area,Southern Ontario

Barnett, P.J. and Zilans, A. OGS Map 2600, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Bedrock Topography of the Greater Toronto &Oak Ridges Moraine Areas, Southern Ontario

Brennand, T.A., Moore, A., Logan, C.,Kenny, F., Russell, H.A.J., Sharpe, D.R.,and Barnett, P.J.

GSC Open File 3419, scale 1:200 000, 1998

Devonian Sandstones of SouthwesternOntario: Summary of Literature

Hamblin, A.P. GSC Open File 3655, 1998

The Middle Ordovician Shadow LakeFormation of Southwestern Ontario: Summaryof Literature


Upper Cambrian Strata of SouthwesternOntario: Summary of Literature


Quaternary Geology, Chatham and WheatleyAreas, Southern Ontario

Kelly, R.I. OGS Map 2557, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Aggregate Resources Inventory of DufferinCounty, Townships of Melancthon, Mulmur,East Luther, Amaranth, Mono and EastGarafraxa

OGS and MacNaughton et al. OGS Aggregate Resources Inventory Paper163, 66p., 1998

Aggregate Resources Inventory of theRegional Municipality of Waterloo, Townshipsof North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot andWoolwich and the Cities of Cambridge,Kitchener and Waterloo

OGS and Planning and EngineeringInitiatives Limited

OGS Aggregate Resources Inventory Paper161, 64p., 1998

Sediment Thickness of the Greater Toronto &Oak Ridges Moraine Areas, Southern Ontario

Russell, H.A.J., Moore, A., Logan, C.,Kenny, F., Brennand, T.A., Sharpe, D.R.and Barnett, P.J.

GSC Open File 2892, scale 1:200 000, 1998


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Table 4. Selected Publications Received in 1998 by Southwest Ontario District Geology Office (Mines and Minerals Information Centre) ofParticular Reference to Southwest Ontario


Aggregate Resources, A Global Perspective Bobrowsky, P.T. (ed.) A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 470p., 1998

Toronto Rocks, The Geological Legacy of theToronto Region

Eyles, N. and Clinton, L. University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus),Toronto, 40p., 1998

Urban Geology of Canadian Cities Karrow, P.F. and White, O.L. (eds.) Geological Association of Canada SpecialPaper 42, St. John, Newfoundland, 500p.,1998

Lime and Limestone, Chemistry andTechnology, Production and Uses

Oates, J.A.H. Wiley--VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 455p.,1998

Carbonate Depositional Environments Scholle, P.A., Bebout, D.G. and Moore,C.H. (eds.)

The American Association of PetroleumGeologists, Memoir 33, Tulsa, Oklahoma,708p., 1983

Sandstone Depositional Environments Scholle, P.A. and Spearing, D. (eds.) The American Association of PetroleumGeologists, Memoir 31, Tulsa, Oklahoma,410p., 1982


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Table 5. Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined in the Southwest Ontario District in 1998.

Abbreviations

AF Assessment Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MLS Mining Lands, Sudbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CMH Canadian Mines Handbook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MR Mining Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GR Geological Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NM The Northern Miner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MDC Mineral Deposit Circular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OFR Open File Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MDIR Mineral Deposit Inventory record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC Personal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Deposit Name/NTS

Commodity Tonnage--Grade

Estimates and/or

Dimensions

Ownership

ReferencesReserve

References

Status

Amherstburg Quarry Silica 20m thick over 66 ha Amherst Quarries OFR 5861, p. 32 Inactive

Silica Prospect (20--26x106 tonnes @ (1969) Ltd. IMR 9, p. 29, 31

(40J/03SE) 94% SiO2)

Big Creek 1 Silica 19.5m thick @ 25m N/A IMR 9, p. 29 Inactive

(40J/03SE) (10x106 tonnes of sandstone)

Big Creek 1 Silica 14.6m thick @ 34.4m N/A IMR 9, p. 29 Inactive

(40J/03SE) (10x106 tonnes of sandstone)

Dow--Moore Salt 21m thick @ 698m N/A PRW Dow--Moore Inactive

2/20/12 73m thick @ 582m 2--20--XII

(40J/16NW) 114m thick @ 410m

Eastnor--Lindsay Dolomite 60x106 tonnes dolomite N/A PRW OGS Lindsay Inactive

Prospect @ <0.10% impurities 7--III W

(41H/03SW) (SiO2+Fe2O3+Al2O3)

Imperial Oil No. Salt 32.2m thick @ 612.6m N/A PRW Sombra Inactive

560, Sombra 84.1m thick @ 490.7m 2--12--H

2--12--H, Gormlay 46.9m thick @ 388.6m

No. 1

(40J/090NW)

Imperial Oil No. Salt 29.6m thick @ 680m N/A PRW Imperial Oil Inactive

597, Logierait No. 87.8m thick @ 544m No. 597B

1--Y--R, R.C. Fleck

No. 2B

(40J/16NW)

Lindsay Prospect Dolomite >35x106 tonnes dolomite N/A PRW OGS Lindsay Inactive

(41H/03SW) @<0.10% impurities 31--VIII W

(SiO2+Fe2O3+Al2O3)

Patton Farm Silica 5.4m thick @ 10.1m N/A IMR 9, p. 29 Inactive

(40J/03SE)


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Deposit Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage--Grade

Estimates and/or

Dimensions

Ownership

ReferencesReserve

References

Status

Sunburst GB #7 Salt 88.7m thick @ 363.6m N/A PRW Sunburst Inactive

McGillivray 41--NB 5.8m thick @ 339.5m GB #7

(40P/04NE)

Tobermory 60x106 tonnes dolomite N/A PRW OGS Inactive

Prospect Dolomite @<0.10 impurities St. Edmunds

(41H/04NE) (SiO2+Fe2O3+Al2O3) 47--III W

Union Gas--

Enniskillen No. 29,

25.6m thick @ 610.8m N/A PRW Union Gas-- Inactive

D.V.L.A. No. 1 Salt 78.6m thick @ 485.5m Enniskillen No. 29

(40J/16SW)

Union Gas--Moore Salt 26.2m thick @ 577.3m N/A PRW Union Gas-- Inactive

No. 12 P&I 70.7m thick @ 456.6m Moore No. 12-- P&I

Williams No. 1 Williams No. 1

(40J/16SW)

Union –Moore Salt 36m thick @ 580m N/A PRW Union Moore Inactive

No. 22 32m thick @ 437m No. 22

(40J/16SW)


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W.J. McGuinty and C.R. Lee

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TORONTO - MINES AND MINERALS INFORMATIONCENTRE - 1998

W. J. McGuinty1, C. R. Lee2

1Industry Liaison Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey2Regional Support Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey

Introduction

The Mines and Minerals Information Centre (MMIC) is an information and sales outlet for the miningand mineral exploration and earth science communities and the general public. MMIC offers a variety ofinformation and research assets as well as expertise in Ontario’s geology, rocks and minerals, mineralindustries and related issues. MMIC staff also provide assistance and referral for clients who requireinformation concerning the Ontario Mining Act.

MMIC is staffed by members of the Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey (OGS).Program staff respond to general public and minerals industry client inquiries, provide client assistance inthe use of the digital geoscience database Earth Resources and Land Information System (ERLIS) andprovide geoscience library services. Staff also provide support services to the Provincial Recording Office,Mining Lands Section at head office operations in Sudbury.

MMIC Services

ERLIS/GEOSCIENCE DATABASESThe Earth Resources and Land Information System (ERLIS) is an electronic archival database of

Ontario’s geoscience information. ERLIS provides MMIC mineral industry clients with access to thefollowing datasets:

-- mineral exploration reports filed for assessment work credit by mineral industry workers as part oftheir obligations under the Mining Act. These assessment reports include such information asgeology maps, geophysical survey results, drill hole logs and locations, and geochemical and assaydata;

-- mineral deposit records for more than 18,000 mineral occurrences and their localities;-- lithological, lithogeochemical and tectonic assemblage data and information for Ontario as

compiled by the Ontario Geological Survey and other agencies.

ERLIS offers data search, compilation and integration capabilities through 3 workstations located atMMIC. The system can be used for data searches and compilations at no charge. Printed or downloadedproducts are available at a nominal fee.

PUBLICATION SALESThe MMIC serves as a local, walk--in sales outlet for publications produced by the Mines and Minerals

Division (MMD), Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. MMIC maintains a retail stock of over10,000 different publications, including:

-- geological, geophysical, geochemical and aggregate resource maps and reports,-- minerals industry statistics and annual activity reports

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-- mineral policy papers-- industrial mineral and mineral deposit circulars-- geology guidebooks and posters

Requests for publications via telephone and mail or electronic purchase orders are referred to thePublication Sales Centre in Sudbury. Newly released MMD publications, including Open File Reports aregenerally available in limited quantities at MMIC following the date of their Publication Release Notice.

LIBRARY SERVICESThe MMIC library offers a selection of reference and topical information on earth science and the

minerals industry. Numerous directories, science and industry periodicals and journals are available toclients. Table 1 lists the journals and periodical publications that were added to the MMIC library during1998. Table 2 lists current subscriptions to geoscience and mining related newsletters.

The MMIC library also maintains and updates the complete collection of OGS publications, datingfrom 1891, and most publications of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), dating from 1863, that relateto Ontario or to geoscience in general. Table 3 lists the OGS publications received during 1998. Table 4lists GSC publications received during the year.

Texts and other reference materials are acquired for the library by MMIC staff. Table 5 summarises thereference materials acquired in 1998.

Digital reference databases are available at MMIC for the MMIC library and the MNDM library inSudbury. Inter--library loans between the MMIC and Sudbury geoscience libraries are available to clientsupon request. The MMIC library also maintains a commercial geoscience referencing system calledGeoRef.

The MMIC library seeks and welcomes donations of information and new materials from individualsand exploration and mining companies. MMIC redistributes these materials within the offices of theProvincial Resident Geologist Program to facilitate and increase their utility. In 1998, MMIC received adonation of several hundred geological reports, reference materials and property exploration reports withinOntario, Quebec and abroad from the family of H. J. Bergmann, president of Prospecting GeophysicsLimited.

MMIC Staff and Activities

During 1998, the MMIC was staffed and supported by five Resident Geologist Program staff: KenSteele, Southwestern Ontario District Geologist and Jennifer Stewart, District Support Geologist providespecific assistance and expertise regarding the geology, resources and minerals industry of southernOntario; Charley Lee, Regional Support Geologist, provides lead support for the delivery of ERLISservices and library functions; Inquiry Clerk Jennifer John maintains publication inventories and providesprimary reception/front counter client services; and Bill McGuinty, Industry Liaison Geologist, serves as aconduit between industry clients and the MMD in Sudbury and provides general geological advice andassistance to clients. Through the Summer Experience Program, two students, Christian Amizola andKathy Plachta, assisted MMIC staff in all facets of program delivery.

MMIC staff responded to approximately 9,900 client inquiries during 1998, the majority of whichconcerned general prospecting and mineral exploration activities in Ontario, mining and the environment,land use planning issues and requests for earth science educational information. Clients ranged fromelementary school students and the general public to mineral industry clients, engineering and consultingfirm representatives and other government agencies. MMIC staff recorded the following client interactionstatistics during the year:


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Walk--inClients

TelephoneInquiries

Total

General Informationand Publication Sales 3117 4409 7526

ERLIS 488 107 595Library 1643 129 1772Total 5248 4645 9893

MMIC staff prepared and presented exhibit displays in support to Ontario Mining Week, April 28th toMay 2,nd and the University of Toronto’s Open House on October 3rd, 1998. The displays highlightedOntario’s mineral heritage and provided information concerning minerals and their use in modern society.MMIC staff also made presentations to two visiting delegations from the People’s Republic of China. Thepresentations focused on the groups’ interest in the digital delivery of geoscience information throughERLIS and the administration of Ontario’s Mining Act.

MMIC staff participated locally in land use planning initiatives led by the Ministries of NaturalResources (MNR) and Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH). Mineral resource data compiled by theRegional Support Geologist and recorded client concerns relating the MNR’s Lands for Life process wereintegrated into the Ministry’s ongoing participation in this initiative. Staff provided information seminars toMMAH and municipal planners on mineral resource--related considerations required in the development ofmunicipal Official Plans and Official Plan Amendments. Staff also identified areas of minerals--relatedplanning interests for several municipalities to assist them in their Official Plan preparations.

Table 1. Geoscience Journals and Peridoicals Incorporated into the MMIC Library during 1998.

Title

Canadian Aggregates and Roadbuilding ContractorCanadian Journal of Earth SciencesCanadian Mining JournalCanadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgical BulletinEconomic Geology – Bulletin of the Society of Economic GeologistsEngineering and Mining JournalExploration and Mining Geology – Journal of the Geological Society of CIMGéographie Physique et QuaternaireGeoscience CanadaGeotimes – News and Trends in GeoscienceIndustrial MineralsJournal of Geochemical Exploration – Journal of the Association of Exploration GeochemistsMineralogical Association of Canada – The Canadian MineralogistMining JournalMining MagazineMining Review – Prospecting, Exploration and Mine DevelopmentMining Voice – The Magazine of the National Mining AssociationNorth American Minerals News – Covering Industrial Minerals Markets of USA, Canada, Mexico and the CaribbeanNorth American MiningNorthern Miner – North America’s Mining NewspaperNorthern Ontario BusinessThe Ontario Prospector


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Table 2. Geoscience and Mining Related Newsletters received by the MMIC Library in 1998.

Title

Association of Geoscientists of Ontario UpdateCANQUA Newsletter – Canadian Quaternary AssociationExplore – Newsletter for the Association of Exploration GeochemistsGEOLOG – News Magazine of the Geological Association of CanadaGeorge Cross News LetterKaiser Bottom Fishing ReportMineralogical Association of Canada NewsletterMining Matters & Mining in Ontario – Ontario Mining AssociationPDAC in Brief – Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Activities and Canadian ExplorationNewsThe Explorationist – Newsletter of the Ontario Prospectors AssociationThe Gangue – GAC Mineral Deposits DivisionThe Week in Geology News and Happenings – University of Toronto Department of GeologyWhat on Earth – University of Waterloo Department of Earth Sciences

Table 3. Selected Ontario Geological Survey Publications Received by MMIC Library in 1998.


Summary of Field Work and OtherActivities 1997

Ayer, J.A., Baker, C.L., Laderoute,D.G. and Thurston, P.C. (eds.)

Ontario Geological Survey, MiscellaneousPaper 168, 149p., 1998

Precambrian Geology, Yelling Lake Area Stone, D. and Halle, J. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3374, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Ney Lake Area Stone, D. and Halle, J. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3375, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Pierce Lake Area Stone, D., Halle, J. and Lange, M. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3376, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, O’Sullivan LakeArea (West Half), NortheasternOnaman--Tashota Greenstone Belt,Eastern Wabigoon Subprovince

Parker, J.R. and Stott, G.M. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3377, scale 1:20 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, O’Sullivan LakeArea (East Half), NortheasternOnaman--Tashota Greenstone Belt,Eastern Wabigoon Subprovince

Parker, J.R. and Stott, G.M. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3378, scale 1:20 000, 1998

Geological Compilation of the TimminsArea, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Ayer, J.A. and Trowell, N.F. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3379*, scale 1:100 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Long Point--PortBurwell Area

Barnett, P.J. Ontario Geological Survey, Report 298,143p., 1998. Accompanied by Maps 2600and 2601

Kimberlite, Base Metal and GoldExploration Targets Based upon HeavyMineral Data Derived from SurfaceMaterials, Kapuskasing Area,Northeastern Ontario

Morris, T.F., Crabtree, D.C. andAverill, S.A.

Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5967†, 41p., 1998


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Table 3. Selected Ontario Geological Survey Publications Received by MMIC Library in 1998 (continued).


Hemlo--Heron Bay--White Lake HighDensity Lake Sediment and WaterSurvey, Northwest Ontario

Dyer, R.D. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5968†, 148p., 1998

Quaternary Geology, Rollo Lake Area Bernier, M.A. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2488, scale1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Rush Lake Area Bernier, M.A. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2502, scale1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Chatham--WheatleyAreas, Southwestern Ontario

Kelly, R.I. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2557, scale1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Long Point Area,Southern Ontario

Barnett, P.J. and Zilans, A. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2600, scale1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Port Burwell Area,Southern Ontario

Barnett, P.J. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2601, scale1:50 000, 1998

Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologists Program, Red Lake RegionalResident Geologist’s Report: RedLake--Kenora Districts

Blackburn, C.E., Hinz, P., Storey,C.C., Kosloski, L. and Ravnaas, C.B.

Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5969, 68p., 1998

Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologists Program, Thunder Bay NorthRegional Resident Geologist’s Report:Thunder Bay North--Sioux LookoutDistricts

Mason, J.K., Seim, G., White, G.D.and Bath, C.


Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologists Program, Thunder Bay SouthRegional Resident Geologist’s Report:Thunder Bay South Districts

Schneiders, B.R., Scott, J.F. andSmyke, M.C.


Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologist Program, Timmins RegionalResident Geologist’s Report:Timmins--Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Atkinson, B.T., Hailstone, M.H., Wilson,A.C., Draper, D.M., Hope, P., Morra,P.M. and Egerland, D.C.


Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologists Program, Kirkland LakeRegional Resident Geologist’s Report:Kirkland Lake--Sudbury Districts

Meyer, G., Cosec, M., Grabowski,G.P.B., Guindon, D.L., Buckley, S. andMessier, C.L.


Report of Activities 1997, ResidentGeologists Program, Southern OntarioRegional Resident Geologist’s Report:Southeastern and Southwestern Districts,Mines and Minerals Information Centre,and Petroleum Resources Centre

Sangster, P.J., Papertzian, V.C., Steele,K.G., Laidlaw, D.A., Stewart, J.M. andCarter, T.R.



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Ontario Mining and ExplorationDirectory 1998

Compiled by staff of InformationServices Section

Directory, MNDM, 44p., 1998

Ontario Mineral and ExplorationStatistics / Statistiques de l’Ontario surles mineraux et l’exploration


Ontario Mineral and ExplorationStatistics 1997, Ontario Ministry ofNorthern Development and Mines, 88p.,1998

Geology of Nickel--Copper--ChromiteDeposits at Werner--Rex--Bug Lakes,English River Subprovince,Northwestern Ontario

Parker, J.R. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5975, 178p., 1998. Accompaniedby Maps P.3313--Revised,P.3314--Revised, P.3315--Revised,P.3316--Revised, P.3317--Revised andP.3380

Detailed Precambrian Geology,Alteration and Mineralization of theAlmo Lake Area, Western English RiverSubprovince

Parker, J.R. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3313--Revised, scale 1:4800, 1998

Detailed Precambrian Geology,Alteration and Mineralization of theGordon Lake Area, Western EnglishRiver Subprovince


Detailed Precambrian Geology,Alteration and Mineralization of theWerner Lake Area, Western EnglishRiver Subprovince


Detailed Precambrian Geology,Alteration and Mineralization of theUpper Fortune Lake Area, WesternEnglish River Subprovince


Detailed Precambrian Geology,Alteration and Mineralization of the RexLake Area, Western English RiverSubprovince


Detailed Precambrian Geology, BugLake Area, Western English RiverSubprovince

Parker, J.R. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3380, various scales, 1998

Aggregate Resources Inventory of theRegional Municipality of Waterloo,Townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley,Wilmot and Woolwich and cities ofCambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo

OGS and Planning Initiatives Limited ARIP 161, 64p., 1998. Accompanied bytwo maps *ARIMs 161--1, --2

Aggregate Resources Inventory of theEast Half of the Regional Municipality ofSudbury

Rowell, D.J. ARIP 170, 65p., 1998. Accompanied bytwo maps *ARIMs 170--1A, --1B

Repertoire 1998 des compagniesd’exploration et d’exploitation miniereen Ontario


MNDM, 46p., 1998


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New Observations Related to the MineralPotential of the Southern Province andthe Grenville Front Tectonic Zone East ofSudbury

Easton, R.M. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5976, 28p., 1998

Regional Geological Setting of theHemlo Gold Deposit: An InterimProgress Report

Jackson, S.L., Beakhouse, G.P. andDavis, D.W.


Geology of the Bancroft Area Lumbers, S.B. and Vertolli, V.M. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3385, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Aggregate Resources Inventory of Dill,Cleland, Eden, Tilton, Secord, Burwash,Laura and Servos Townships, District ofSudbury

Rowell, D.J. ARIP 173, 51p., 1998. Accompanied byone map *ARIM 173--1

Precambrian Geology, Hoyle and GowanTownships

Berger, B.R. Ontario Geological Survey, Report 299,49p., 1998. Accompanied by maps 2532and 2533

Precambrian Geology of the BerensRiver Area, Northwest Ontario

Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5983† 116p., 1998. Accompaniedby maps P.3381, P.3382, P.3383 andP.3384

Operation Ignace--Armstrong, ObongaLake--Lac Des Iles Area, Geology ofArea II Part 1: Supracrustal Rocks Part2: Granites: Granite--SupracrustalRelationships

Sage, R.P. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5978, Part 1 218p., Part 2 226p.,1998. Accompanied by map P.963.

Operation Ignace--Armstrong, MineCentre--Entwine Lake Area, Geology ofArea IV

McWilliams, G.H. Ontario Geological Survey, Open FileReport 5979, 31p., 1998. Accompaniedby map P.965

Precambrian Geology, Hoyle Township Berger, B.R. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2532,scale 1:20 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Gowan Township Berger, B.R. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2533,scale 1:20 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Deer Lake Area Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3381, scale 1:250 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, North Spirit LakeArea

Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3382, scale 1:250 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Trout Lake Area Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3383, scale 1:250 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Carroll Lake Area Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3384, scale 1:250 000, 1998

Precambrian Geology, Pekagoning LakeArea

Stone, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3386, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Aggregate Resources Inventory ofDufferin County, Townships ofMelanchton, Mulmur, East Luther,Amaranth, Mono and East Garafraxa

OGS, MacNaughton Hermsen BrittonClarkson Planning Limited, WhiteLandScience and Robinson Consultants

ARIP 163, 66p., 1998. Accompanied by4 maps *ARIMs 163--1A, --2A, --1B,--2B


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Quaternary Geology, Sultan Area Bernier, M.A. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2489,scale 1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Opeepeesway LakeArea

Bernier, M.A. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2490,scale 1:50 000, 1998

Quaternary Geology, Beaverton Area Barnett, P.J. and Mate, D.J. Ontario Geological Survey, Map 2560,scale 1:50 000, 1998

Directory 98--99: Ontario DimensionStone Producers and Processors /Repetoire 98--99: Les producteurs et lesentreprises de transformation de la pierrede taille de l’Ontario

Compiled by staff of Mines Group 1998

Bedrock Geology of the RegionalMunicipality of Sudbury

Roussel, D. Ontario Geological Survey, PreliminaryMap P.3187, scale 1:100 000, 1998

*Also released in digital form. Contact Publication Sales in Sudbury.†Geochemical data / chemical analyses available in digital form. Contact Publication Sales in Sudbury.

Table 4. Selected Geological Survey of Canada Publications Incorporated into the MMIC Library during 1998.


Till, Soil and Stream SedimentGeochemistry in the vicinity of theManitouwadge Greenstone Belt

Kettles, I.M., Garrett, R.G. and Bauke,S.T.

Open File 3562, 1998

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of theDiamond Lake kimberlite and associatedesker sediments, Kirkland Lake, Ontario

McClenaghan, M.B., Stirling, J.A.R.,Pringle, G., Schulze, D.J., Berger, B. andKjarsgaard, I.M.


Bedrock Topography of the GreaterToronto & Oak Ridges Moraine Areas,southern Ontario

Brennand, T.A., Moore, A., Logan, C.,Kenny, F., Russell, H.A.J., Sharpe, D.R.and Barnett, P.J.

Open File 3419, scale 1:200 000, 1998

Geology, James Bay, Ontario – Districtof Keewatin – Quebec. Geological Atlasof Canada, Map NN--17--G

Sanford, B.V., Card, K.D., Grant, A.C.and Okulitch, A.V. (compilers)

Open File 3558, scale 1:1 000 000, 1998

Current Research 1998--A&B Cordilleraand Pacific Margin and Interior Plainsand Arctic Canada

R.A. Duncan et al. Current Research 1998--A&B, 243p.,1998

Current Research 1998--C CanadianShield

W. Bleeker et al. Current Research 1998--C, 189p., 1998

Current Research 1998--D EasternCanada and National and GeneralPrograms

G. Lynch et al. Current Research 1998--D, 89p., 1998

Current Research 1998--E L.C. Struik et al. Current Research 1998--E, 197p., 1998

Principal Mineral Areas of Canada Lo--Sun Jen Map 900A, Forty--seventh edition, scale1:6 000 000, 1997

Sediment Thickness of the GreaterToronto & Oak Ridges Moraine Areas,southern Ontario

Russell, H.A.J., Moore, A., Logan, C.,Kenny, F., Brennand, T.A., Sharpe, D.R.and Barnett, P.J.

Open File 2892, scale 1:200 000, 1998

Surficial Geology, Vein Lake, NTS42E/1, Ontario

Kettles, I.M. and Way Nee, V. Map 1921A, scale 1:50 000, 1998


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Table 4. Selected Geological Survey of Canada Publications Incorporated into the MMIC Library during 1998 (continued).


National Geochemical Reconnaissance –Ontario Compilation Arsenic in LakeSediment, Ontario

Friske, P.W.B., McCurdy, M.W. and Day,S.J.A.

Open File 3379d, scale 1:1 500 000,1998

National Geochemical Reconnaissance –Ontario Compilation Gold in LakeSediment, Ontario


Open File 3379e, scale 1:1 500 000,1998

National Geochemical Reconnaissance –Ontario Compilation Antimony in LakeSediment, Ontario


Open File 3379f, scale 1:1 500 000,1998

Structural Geology, central SturgeonLake area, Ontario

Sanborn--Barrie, M. and Skulski, T. Open File 3641, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Devonian Sandstones of southwesternOntario: Summary of Literature

Hamblin, A.P. Open File 3655, 1998

The Middle Ordovician Shadow LakeFormation of southwestern Ontario :Summary of Literature


Upper Cambrian Strata of southwesternOntario: Summary of Literature


Upper Ordovician Strata of the OttawaEmbayment: Summary of Literature


Upper Cambrian and Lower (Middle?)Ordovician Sandstones of the OttawaEmbayment: Summary of Literature


Regional till and humus geochemistry ofthe Timmins--Kamiskotia area,northeastern Ontario (NTS 42A/11, 12,13, 14)

McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., Ayer,J.A., Trowell, N.F. and Bauke, S.D.


Geology of the PrecambrianSuperior and Grenville Provinces andPrecambrian Fossils in North America

Wheeler, J.O. and Palmer, A.R. (eds.) Geology of Canada, No.7, 387p., 1998

Surficial Geology, Manning Lake,northeastern Ontario

Paulen, R.C. and McClenaghan, M.B. Open File 3618, scale 1:50 000, 1998

Surficial Geology, Buskegau River,northeastern Ontario

Paulen, R.C. and McClenaghan, M.B. Open File 3619, scale 1:50 000, 1998


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Table 5. Selected New Reference Publications Received by the MMIC Library in 1998.


LithoProbe Western Superior TransectThird Annual Workshop April 11--12,1997

Harrap, R.M. and Helmstaedt, H. (eds.) LithoProbe Report No.63, 108p., 1997

The Origin of Landscapes: A Synthesisof Geomorphology

Garner, H.F. Oxford University Press, Toronto, 734p.,1974

Entry and Work on Private Property: AnExplorationist’s Guide

Harries, K.J.C. NWT Chamber of Mines, 171p., 1997

Rock Solid The Impact of the Miningand Primary Metals Industries on theCanadian Economy

Dungan, P. Policy and Economic Analysis ProgramInstitute for Policy Analysis, Universityof Toronto and Centre for ResourceStudies, Queen’s University, 217p., 1997

Mining Journal: 1998 MiningSourcebook

Scales, M. (ed.) 107th Edition, Southam MagazineGroup, Toronto, 98p., 1998

SME Resource Guide 1998 J.A. Zullo, publisher Society for Mining, Metallurgy andExploration Inc., Littleton Colorado,311p., 1998

Atlas of Alteration: A Field andPetrographic Guide to HydrothermalAlteration Minerals

Thompson, A.J.B., Thompson, J.F.H.and Dunne, K.P.E. (eds.)

Geological Association of Canada,Mineral Deposits Division, St. John’s,119p., 1996

Global Exploration and MiningDirectory – 1998

Harper, G. (publ.) 1st Edition, Gamah International Limited,Toronto, 260p., 1998

Correlation Chart and Biostratigraphy ofthe Silurian Rocks of Canada

Norford, B.S. International Union of GeologicalSciences, Publication No.35, Calgary,79p., 1997

Raw Materials for the Glass Industry Griffiths, J.B. (ed.) Industrial Minerals Information Ltd.,London, 82p., 1997

LithoProbe Slave – Northern CordilleraLithospheric Evolution (SNORCLE) andCordilleran Tectonics Workshop

Cook, F. and Erdmer, P. (comp.) LithoProbe Report No.64, Simon FraserUniversity, Burnaby BC., 331p., 1998

Ore Reserve Estimates in the Real World Stone, J.G. and Dunn, P.G. 2nd Edition, Society of EconomicGeologists, Special Publication No.3,Littleton Colorado, 160p., 1996

Mineral Property Valuation and InvestorConcerns

W.S. Vaughan et al. Proceedings of a short course given bythe Prospectors and DevelopersAssociation of Canada and the NaturalResource and Energy Law Section of theCanadian Bar Association, Toronto, 96p.,1998

Trends, Technologies, and Case Historiesfor the Modern Explorationist

R. Smith et al. Proceedings of a short course given bythe Prospectors and DevelopersAssociation of Canada, Toronto, 275p.,1996

Practical Application of ExplorationGeochemistry

S.D. Amor et al. Proceedings of a short course presentedby the Prospectors and DevelopersAssociation of Canada, Toronto, 433p.,1998


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Table 5. Selected New Reference Publications Received by the MMIC Library in 1998 (continued).


The Fundamentals of Exploration andMining

A.f. Jepsen et al. Short course given by the Prospectorsand Developers Association of Canada,Toronto, 180p., 1998

Canadian Mines Handbook 1998--99 Giancola, D. (ed.) Southam Mining Publications Group,Toronto, 664p., 1998

1997 Canadian Minerals YearbookReview and Outlook

Godin, E. (ed.) Minerals and Metals Sector, NaturalResources Canada, Ottawa, 1998

1998/99 CAMESE Compendium ofCanadian Mining Suppliers

J.G. Baird, Director The Canadian Association of MiningEquipment and Services for Export,Markham Ontario, 118p., 1998

Russian Geology and Geophysics:Kimberlite, Related Rocks and MantleXenoliths

N.L. Dobretsov Proceedings of the Sixth InternationalKimberlite Conference, Volume 38,Number 1, Allerton Press Inc., NewYork, 303p., 1997

Russian Geology and Geophysics; Dia-monds: Characterization, Genesis andExploration

N.L. Dobretsov Proceedings of the Sixth InternationalKimberlite Conference, Volume 38,Number 2, Allerton Press Inc., NewYork, 305--619pp., 1997

A Guide to the Management of TailingsFacilities

Compiled by staff of the MiningAssociation of Canada

The Mining Association of Canada,Ottawa, 1998

Fenite, Carbonatite and other AlkalicRocks in theBancroft--Haliburton--Muskoka Regions

Lumbers, S.B. and Vertolli, V.M. GSA Annual Meeting, Field Trip GuideNumber 5, Toronto, 14p., 1998

Sedimentology and Paleocommunities ofthe Black River and Trenton LimestoneGroups (Ordovician), Lake Simcoe Area,Ontario

Brookfield, M.E. and Elgadi, M. GSA Annual Meeting, Field Trip GuideNumber 6, Toronto, 35p., 1998

Hydrogeology of the Niagara Falls Area Novakowski, K.S., Lapcevic, P. andBickerton, G.

GSA Annual Meeting, Field Trip GuideNumber 7, Totonto, 9p., 1998

History of Geology Field Trip to NiagaraFalls

Tinkler, K. GSA Annual Meeting, Field Trip GuideNumber 9, Toronto, 20p., 1998

Late Grenvillian Horizontal Extensionand Vertical Thinning of ProterozoicGneisses, Central Ontario

Schwerdtner, W.M., Klemens, W.P.,Waddington, D.H. and Vertolli, V.M.

GSA Annual Meeting, Field Trip GuideNumber 14, Toronto, 15p., 1998

Quaternary Geology and Hydrogeologyof the Oak Ridges Moraine Area,Southern Ontario

Sharpe, D.R., Hinton, M., Russell, H.A.and Barnett, P.J.


Silurian – Early Devonian SequenceStratigraphy, Cycles andPaleoenvironments of the NiagaraPeninsula Area of Ontario, Canada

Brett, C.E., Goodman, W.M., Loduca,S.T., Pratt, B. and Tetreault, D.



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Table 5. Selected New Reference Publications Received by the MMIC Library in 1998 (continued).


Toronto Rocks: The Geological Legacyof the Toronto Region

Eyles, N. and Clinton, L. To Commemorate the Annual Meeting ofthe Geological Society of America inToronto, Toronto, 41p., 1998

Airborne Magnetic and RadiometricSurveys

Hodgson, I. (ed.) AGSO Journal of Australian Geology &Geophysics, Volume 17, Number 2,AGPS Press, Canberra Australia, 216p.,1997

North American Mineral SuppliersDirectory

Kendall, T. (ed.) Industrial Minerals, Industrial MineralsLtd., Surrey UK, 128p., 1998

Aggregate Resources A GlobalPerspective

Balkema, A.A. A.A. Balkema Publishers, BrookfieldVermont, 470p., 1998

Lime and Limestone Chemistry andTechnology, Production and Uses

Oates, J.A.H. Wiley--VCH, Weinheim FederalRepublic of Germany, 455p., 1998

Lands for Life Great Lakes – St.Lawrence Planning Area

Gray, B. (Chair) Draft Land Use PlanningRecommendations, Great Lakes – St.Lawrence Round Table, 168p., 1998

Lands for Life Boreal East PlanningArea

Thib--Jelly, B. (Chair) Draft Land Use PlanningRecommendations, Boreal East RoundTable, 84p. + App., 1998

Lands for Life Boreal West PlanningArea

Michels, R.E. (Chair) Draft Land Use PlanningRecommendations, Boreal West RoundTable, 71p., 1998

The Mine Gate; Mining in Canada, Facts& Figures,

Compiled by staff of the MiningAssociation of Canada

The Mining Association of Canada,Ottawa, 52p., 1998


Petroleum Resources Centre—1998

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T.R. Carter

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PETROLEUM RESOURCES CENTRE - OIL AND GASEXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY INONTARIO IN 1998

T.R. Carter

Subsurface Geologist, Petroleum Resources Centre, Ministry of Natural Resources, London

Introduction

Oil and gas drilling activity in Ontario in 1998 returned to normal levels with drilling reported to becomplete at 104 wells, compared to 73 in 1997. A large number of take--overs and re--organizations ofOntario--based oil and gas companies in 1996 and 1997 had resulted in depressed levels of activity in thoseyears.


A total of 117 licences to drill and operate new wells were issued by the Ministry of Natural Resourcesin 1998, compared to 100 in 1997. At the time of writing drilling was reported to be complete at 104 wellsin 1998, consisting of 31 exploratory wells, 64 development wells, and 9 in other classes (“service”). The1998 exploratory drilling resulted in 10 wells reported as gas producers and 4 wells reported as oilproducers (Table 1). An additional 8 wells encountered hydrocarbons and were undergoing evaluation atthe time of writing. Development drilling resulted in 24 wells reported to be oil producers, 2 as producersof both oil and gas and 21 as gas producers, with 6 wells undergoing evaluation.

Drilling was reported to be complete at 9 exploratory wells and 28 development wells testingOrdovician targets in 1998. The Ordovician exploratory drilling is reported to have resulted in 3 new oilproducers. Talisman (Horiz #1) Mersea 8--23--IX is a new pool discovery west of the Renwick pools,Talisman (Horiz #1) Mersea 1--16--I is a new pools discovery southeast of the Mersea 4--14--I (Fulmer)pool, and CanEnerco/CNR #14 Gosfield South 5--261--NTR is an extension of the Gosfield South1--4--258--STR pool.

Ordovician development drilling is reported to have resulted in 20 new oil producers and one wellcapable of both oil and gas production. Most of these successful wells were horizontal wells and manywere completed as re--entries of existing vertical well bores. New oil wells were completed in thefollowing pools; Mersea 3--6--V, Mersea 3--4--IV, Mersea 6--23--VII (Goldsmith), Hillman, Colchester,Rochester 1--17--II, Romney 3--8--II, Romney 6--13--III, Romney 6--13--IV, Gosfield North 2--21--VI, andGosfield South 1--4--258--STR.

There were 5 exploratory wells testing Cambrian targets in 1998. Clearwood et al #7 Blenheim4--19--VIII was reported as a gas producer in a probable extension of the Innerkip gas pool. The remainingwells were either plugged and abandoned or are testing.

There were 9 exploratory tests of Silurian Guelph--Salina targets in 1998; two wells offshore Lake Erieand the remainder in onshore locations. Range No. 1A Enniskillen 2--27--XI was completed as an oilproducer and Reefex Brooke 1--17--II was completed as a gas producer in new pool discoveries. TalismanWest Lake Erie 287--B--3 was completed as a gas producer in a successful exploratory test south of theTilbury gas pool beneath Lake Erie. Talisman West Central Lake Erie 221--Y--4 was completed as a gasproducer in an exploratory extension of the Morpeth gas pool. Clearwood et al #12 Tuckersmith 2--30--III

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SHR was reported to be testing as a possible gas producer in another new pool discovery. Three additionalwells were undergoing evaluation at the time of writing.

There were 12 development tests of Silurian Guelph--Salina targets in 1998; three wells offshore LakeErie and the remainder in onshore locations. CanEnerco #10 (Dev.#2) Enniskillen 1--17--X was reported tobe a potential oil producer in the Petrolia East pool. Lagasco reported two wells completed as gasproducers in the Townline gas pool, with a third undergoing evaluation. Lagasco also reported drilling asuccessful gas well in the Chatham pool. Talisman Energy Inc drilled two horizontal wells in the Morpethgas pool offshore Lake Erie, both of which are reported as gas producers.

There were 8 exploratory tests of Lower Silurian sandstone targets in 1998; one well offshore Lake Erieand the remainder in onshore locations. Greentree Gas & Oil Inc completed three wells as gas producers inpossible new pool discoveries in South Walsingham and Houghton Townships in Norfolk County.Talisman Energy Inc completed one well as a potential gas producer in an extension of the Leepfrog gaspool offshore Lake Erie. Four other wells were undergoing evaluation at the time of writing.

Twenty--four development wells were drilled to test Lower Silurian sandstones in 1998; seventeenwells offshore Lake Erie and 7 in onshore locations in the former counties of Norfolk, Haldimand andWelland. All of the onshore wells were reported to be completed as gas producers; four of these arelow--volume private wells for domestic use. Seven of the Lake Erie wells were reported to be completed asgas producers, 5 were plugged and abandoned and the remainder were undergoing evaluation.

There were no tests of Devonian targets in 1998.

Nine wells in other classes were drilled in 1998. CanEnerco completed two natural gasinjection/withdrawal wells in the Chatham 7--17--XII pool in 1998. Union Gas Limited drilled 2stratigraphic tests, one in the Bentpath East pool and one in the Booth Creek pool to collect geologicalinformation about suitability for conversion to natural gas storage. General Chemical completed 4 saltsolution mining wells in 1998 on a new property beside their existing solution--mining site and chemicalplant in the Amherstburg area. Roth and Roth Limited deepened an existing well in the Wanstead oil poolto test for disposal potential.

Preliminary figures indicate that Ontario produced 219,328 cubic metres of crude oil (1.4 millionbarrels) in 1998 valued at $29.8 million. The production volume represents only a marginal decrease fromthe previous year when production totalled 220,475 cubic metres valued at $40.4 million. The dramaticdecline in value of the 1998 production was due to reduced world prices for crude oil.

Data on natural gas production in 1998 is not yet available.


Recommendations for exploration are unchanged from the previous year. Ordovician reservoirs arestill the focus of exploration directed at discovery of new oil reservoirs, with Essex County and southernKent County being the most favourable areas for exploration. Most of southwestern Ontario is underlainby Ordovician carbonates, and must be considered to be prospective for reservoirs of this type. Most ofthis area is essentially untested.

There still remains considerable untested potential in Lake Erie. The western part of the lake isprospective for Silurian Guelph Formation reef reservoirs. The eastern part of the lake in underlain bygas--bearing Lower Silurian sandstones. Leasing of the Crown lands beneath Lake Erie is administered bythe Petroleum Resources Centre of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

There is considerable potential for discovery of Cambrian gas or oil pools along the pinch--out edge ofthe Cambrian sandstone in the subsurface, or in fault--controlled structures. There has been little effortdirected at finding new pools in this play.

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Silurian pinnacle reefs still are an attractive target for oil or gas exploration. Some of these reefs mayalso have bypassed production as in the Petrolia East pool. Lambton County has been the most prospectivearea for exploration during most of the exploration history of this play. Any discoveries in this area havepotential for conversion to natural gas storage due to their proximity to natural gas pipelines and existingstorage pools. Huron County has been largely overlooked and is considered to have significant remainingpotential.

Table 1. Successful exploratory wells in southwestern Ontario, 1998. See Figure 1 for well locations.

MapNo.

Latitude Longitude Well Name Target Depth(m.)

Class Results CompletionDate

1 43--14--58 80--36--20 Clearwood et al #7 Blenheim 4--19--VIII CAM 861 NPW GP 1998/02/26

2 42--39--50 80--34--10 GGOL #1 South Walsingham 5--6--VI CLI 411.5 NPW GP 1998/06/09

3 42--39--03 80--33--54 GGOL #8 South Walsingham 6--6--V CLI 421 NPW GP 1998/11/10

4 42--42--05 80--39--20 GGOL #3 Houghton 7--16--III CLI 421 NPW GP 1998/07/15

5 42--57--40 79--24--10 Reliant #2 Wainfleet 1--24--V CLI 198 NPW GP 1998/10/31

6 42--42--52 79--19--18 Talisman East Lake Erie 36--O--1 CLI 417 NPW GP 1998/04/17

7 42--05--24 82--42--19 CanEnerco/CNR #14 Gosfield South5--261--NTR

ORD 1034 NPW OP 1998/11/27

8 42--02--30 82--31--41 Talisman (Horiz #1) Mersea 1--16--I ORD 1344 NPW OP 1998/07/26

9 42--07--58 82--28--14 Talisman (Horiz #1) Mersea 8--23--IX ORD 1342 NPW OP 1998/05/05

10 42--10--25 81--29--10 Talisman West Central Lake Erie 221--Y--4 SAL 546 NPW GP 1998/05/10

11 42--53--26 82--02--26 Range No. 1A Enniskillen 2--27--XI SAL 704 NPW OP 1998/10/11

12 43--34--13 81--29--34 Clearwood et al #12 Tuckersmith2--30--IIISHR

SAL 539 NPW GP 1998/10/06

13 42--04--25 81--16--35 Talisman West Lake Erie 287--B--3 SAL 410 NPW GP 1998/04/28

14 42--46--51 81--52--47 Reefex Brooke 1--17--II SAL 550 NPW GP 1998/11/19

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Figure 1. Successful exploratory wells in Ontario in 1998.

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Metric Conversion Table

Conversion from SI to Imperial Conversion from Imperial to SI

SI Unit Multiplied by Gives Imperial Unit Multiplied by Gives

LENGTH1 mm 0.039 37 inches 1 inch 25.4 mm1 cm 0.393 70 inches 1 inch 2.54 cm1 m 3.280 84 feet 1 foot 0.304 8 m1 m 0.049 709 chains 1 chain 20.116 8 m1 km 0.621 371 miles (statute) 1 mile (statute) 1.609 344 km

AREA1 cm@ 0.155 0 square inches 1 square inch 6.451 6 cm@1 m@ 10.763 9 square feet 1 square foot 0.092 903 04 m@1 km@ 0.386 10 square miles 1 square mile 2.589 988 km@1 ha 2.471 054 acres 1 acre 0.404 685 6 ha

VOLUME1 cm# 0.061 023 cubic inches 1 cubic inch 16.387 064 cm#1 m# 35.314 7 cubic feet 1 cubic foot 0.028 316 85 m#1 m# 1.307 951 cubic yards 1 cubic yard 0.764 554 86 m#

CAPACITY1 L 1.759 755 pints 1 pint 0.568 261 L1 L 0.879 877 quarts 1 quart 1.136 522 L1 L 0.219 969 gallons 1 gallon 4.546 090 L

MASS1 g 0.035 273 962 ounces (avdp) 1 ounce (avdp) 28.349 523 g1 g 0.032 150 747 ounces (troy) 1 ounce (troy) 31.103 476 8 g1 kg 2.204 622 6 pounds (avdp) 1 pound (avdp) 0.453 592 37 kg1 kg 0.001 102 3 tons (short) 1 ton (short) 907.184 74 kg1 t 1.102 311 3 tons (short) 1 ton (short) 0.907 184 74 t1 kg 0.000 984 21 tons (long) 1 ton (long) 1016.046 908 8 kg1 t 0.984 206 5 tons (long) 1 ton (long) 1.016 046 90 t

CONCENTRATION1 g/t 0.029 166 6 ounce (troy)/ 1 ounce (troy)/ 34.285 714 2 g/t

ton (short) ton (short)1 g/t 0.583 333 33 pennyweights/ 1 pennyweight/ 1.714 285 7 g/t

ton (short) ton (short)

OTHER USEFUL CONVERSION FACTORS

Multiplied by1 ounce (troy) per ton (short) 31.103 477 grams per ton (short)1 gram per ton (short) 0.032 151 ounces (troy) per ton (short)1 ounce (troy) per ton (short) 20.0 pennyweights per ton (short)1 pennyweight per ton (short) 0.05 ounces (troy) per ton (short)

Note:Conversion factorswhich are in boldtype areexact. Theconversion factorshave been taken fromor havebeenderived from factors given in theMetric PracticeGuide for the CanadianMining andMetallurgical Industries, pub-lished by the Mining Association of Canada in co-operation with the Coal Association of Canada.

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