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| Name: Springhill Wacke |
Reference #: 102 |
| Commodity: Dimension Stone |
Additional Commodity Info: Wacke, Shale |
| Status: Active/Recent production |
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| NTS: 21G/15 |
Coordinate System: Datum NAD 83(CSRS) |
| Latitude: 45°57'40" |
Longitude: -66°44'34" |
| County: York |
Location Precision: High (precise location, measured using GPS) |
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| Group/Pluton: Kingsclear |
Formation: Burtts Corner |
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| Description: This quarry located on the east bank of Springhill Brook about 600 m south of Highway #102 at Springhill, 7.5 km west of Fredericton. Springhill Construction Ltd. (formerly Diamond Construction Limited) operates the quarry and adjacent processing facility on a seasonal basis. The source rock is a light grey, medium- to coarse-grained, generally noncalcareous, lithic, feldspathic wacke, interlaminated with siltstone and shale. Wackes are typically well indurated in beds up to 1-2 m thick (Hamilton and Carroll 1975). These rocks, referred to as the Burtts Corner Formation are part of the Silurian, Kingsclear Group (St. Peter and Fyffe 2005). |
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Geoscience Publications |
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1975 |
RI 16 |
Sand and Gravel in New Brunswick. |
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2005 |
MP 2005-38 |
Bedrock geology of the Fredericton area (NTS 21 G/15), York and Sunbury Counties, New Brunswick |
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