GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada GUELPH, ONTARIO - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
TABLE 2 ANALYSES OF BEDROCK FORMATIONS 1. QUEEN- STON 2. MEDINA 0 LOCKjPORT GUELPH 4. SALINA 5. BERTIE- AKRON 6. NORFOLK Silica Oxide (SKIS) . .. 53.20 7.80 0.82 0.36 12.34 0.44 0.26 Ferric Oxide (FezO3).. ... 6.91 1.17 0.26 0.11 0.41 0.14 0.21 Alumina Oxide (AlzOs).... 17.73 1.14 0.40 0.19 3.93 0.16 0.09 Tri-Calcium Phosphate (Ca,(PO4)2) .......... .... .. . . 0.07 0.06 0.04 .. ..... Tr 0.02 Calcium Carbonate (CaC@).. ..... ............. 10.71 50.62 55.50 55.00 43.07 55.04 56.86 Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3). 6.80 39.11 42.77 44.67 33.79 43.82 42.28 _-- --- --- --- --_ _-_ --- T~TAI, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.35 99.91 99.81 100.37 93.54 99.60 99.72 Analyses samples come from: 1. Milton Brick Company, Halton County. 2. Quarry of Law Construct,ion Company, Owen Sound. 3. Quarry of J. 8. Cook, Wiarton. 4. EIxposure near village of Tobermory. 5. .knalysis by Dept. of Mines, Ottawa - J. F. Caley. 6. Quarry of Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Canada Ltd., l’eeswater. * Limestones of Canada, Their Occurrence and Characteristics Part IV Ontario, Canada Dept. of Mines and Resources, Bureau of Mines No. 7 81. or Tn most, of Bruce Peninsula bedrock is covered with unconsolidated drift which was laid down by the last or Wisconsin glaciation. materials Small areas of flood land along stream courses, areas resulting from wind and water erosion, and areas of peat and muck are of more recent origin. These unconsolidated surface deposits form the parent materials of Bruce County soils. The soil materials present in Bruce County are shown in Table 3 and their distribution is shown in Figure 5. SOIL TABLE 3 MATERIALS 1. Coarse open till 5. Cilacio-fluvial 2. Loamy limestone till 6. Outwash 3. Subaqueous till 7. Limestone bedrock 4. Lacustrine 8. Organic deposits 1. Coarse Open Till Ooarse open till occurs where the melting ice has left deposits of considerable depth which have not, been subsequently modified to any appreciable extent by water. There is a lack of sorting shown by the presence of stones ranging in size from grit to boulders interspersed tjhroughout the matrix of sand, silt and clay in varying proportions. The materials are calcareous. The coarse open till materials occupy a small part of Bruce County and arc found in the southeastern section of the County.
SOIL MATERIALS 5-014 tline map showing distribution 17 of soil materials.
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TABLE 2<br />
ANALYSES OF BEDROCK FORMATIONS<br />
1. QUEEN-<br />
STON<br />
2.<br />
MEDINA<br />
0<br />
LOCKjPORT<br />
<strong>GUELPH</strong><br />
4.<br />
SALINA<br />
5. BERTIE-<br />
AKRON<br />
6.<br />
NORFOLK<br />
Silica Oxide (SKIS) . .. 53.20 7.80 0.82 0.36 12.34 0.44 0.26<br />
Ferric Oxide (FezO3).. ... 6.91 1.17 0.26 0.11 0.41 0.14 0.21<br />
Alumina Oxide (AlzOs).... 17.73 1.14 0.40 0.19 3.93 0.16 0.09<br />
Tri-Calcium Phosphate<br />
(Ca,(PO4)2) .......... .... .. . . 0.07 0.06 0.04 .. ..... Tr 0.02<br />
Calcium Carbonate<br />
(CaC@).. ..... ............. 10.71 50.62 55.50 55.00 43.07 55.04 56.86<br />
Magnesium Carbonate<br />
(MgCO3). 6.80 39.11 42.77 44.67 33.79 43.82 42.28<br />
_-- --- --- --- --_ _-_ ---<br />
T~TAI, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.35 99.91 99.81 100.37 93.54 99.60 99.72<br />
Analyses samples come from:<br />
1. Milton Brick Company, Halton County.<br />
2. Quarry of Law Construct,ion Company, Owen Sound.<br />
3. Quarry of J. 8. Cook, Wiarton.<br />
4. EIxposure near village of Tobermory.<br />
5. .knalysis by Dept. of Mines, Ottawa - J. F. Caley.<br />
6. Quarry of Gypsum Lime <strong>and</strong> Alabastine <strong>Canada</strong> Ltd., l’eeswater.<br />
* Limestones of <strong>Canada</strong>, Their Occurrence <strong>and</strong> Characteristics Part IV Ontario,<br />
<strong>Canada</strong> Dept. of Mines <strong>and</strong> Resources, Bureau of Mines No. 7 81.<br />
or<br />
Tn most, of Bruce Peninsula bedrock is covered with unconsolidated<br />
drift which was laid down by the last or Wisconsin glaciation.<br />
materials<br />
Small areas of flood l<strong>and</strong> along stream courses, areas resulting from wind<br />
<strong>and</strong> water erosion, <strong>and</strong> areas of peat <strong>and</strong> muck are of more recent origin.<br />
These unconsolidated surface deposits form the parent materials of Bruce<br />
County soils. The soil materials present in Bruce County are shown in Table 3<br />
<strong>and</strong> their distribution is shown in Figure 5.<br />
SOIL<br />
TABLE 3<br />
MATERIALS<br />
1. Coarse open till 5. Cilacio-fluvial<br />
2. Loamy limestone till 6. Outwash<br />
3. Subaqueous till 7. Limestone bedrock<br />
4. Lacustrine 8. Organic deposits<br />
1. Coarse Open Till<br />
Ooarse open till occurs where the melting ice has left deposits of considerable<br />
depth which have not, been subsequently modified to any appreciable extent<br />
by water. There is a lack of sorting shown by the presence of stones ranging<br />
in size from grit to boulders interspersed tjhroughout the matrix of s<strong>and</strong>, silt<br />
<strong>and</strong> clay in varying proportions. The materials are calcareous.<br />
The coarse open till materials occupy a small part of Bruce County <strong>and</strong><br />
arc found in the southeastern section of the County.
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