Carden Township, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Carden Township | Township |
| Kawartha Lakes | City |
| Ontario | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Kirkfield Lift Lock Is located near the southern border of Carden Township. Located north of kirkfield Ontario, County Road 6 or Kirkfield Road leads under the lift lock, which is part of the Trent Severn Waterways. This waterway leads from Port Severn Ontario, located on the south eastern shore of Georgian Bay and leads to the Bay of Quinte, in the north eastern part of Lake Ontario.
In the early 1900's parts of the waterway was excavated to accomidate commercial vessels. Since the construction of the Welland Canal this waterway is used only for tourist vessels.
At Kirkfield Lift Lock, the excavated limestone from the the canal was dumped on the north side of the waterway just west of the lift lock. This large pile of excavated material is some 10m - 15m wide, 3 - 5m high and in length is approximately 30 - 50m long. It can be seen just west of the administration building and just south west of the parking lot. Silicified brachiopods, crinoids and bryozoans fossils can be found as well as some unique minerals.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Fossils
There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 84 | |||||||||||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 445 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician) | |||||||||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 461 Ma (Middle Ordovician) | |||||||||||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | |||||||||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 4 fossil localities |
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Carden Township, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada