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MDI31C02NE00028
| Record Name(s) | Portsmouth Quarry #3 - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 13' 37.12" Longitude: -76° 31' 2.04"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 378821.5 Northing: 4898202.462 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C02NE
Point Location Description: Precise, quarry symbol 0.8 km N of Portsmouth Harbour.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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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
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