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MDI31C01NW00003
| Record Name(s) | Barriefield - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-May-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Secondary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 14' 21.78" Longitude: -76° 27' 51.27"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 383078.479 Northing: 4899503.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C01NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The quarry is at the top of the Barriefield hill, east of Hwy. 15 at its junction with Hwy. 2.
Abandoned; building stone and crushed stone were produced in the early 1900's. The building stone was used in the construction of the Royal Military College at Kingston. (OFR 5730, p55).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation: 3.0 m thick.
Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31, 1917; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 493
Publication Number: CMB Pub 493 Page: 31 Date: 1918
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307707
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 65-67 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 85 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics
Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 155 Date: 1998
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section
Location:
Mono - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5730 Page: 55 Date: 1990
Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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