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MDI31G05NE00059
| Record Name(s) | Kirk and Winning - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Sep-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 26' 43.39" Longitude: -75° 37' 52.85"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 450627.308 Northing: 5032623.022 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Point 1.1 km N of Carson Grove.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Adjoins the Robillard Quarry on the W - one of 'The Quarries'.
Circa 1912 : Kirk and Winning quarried about 2 acres at this time. The stone may be seen in the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, the Mortimer Building and the Y.M.C.A. building.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The stone is a trifle lighter in colour than at Robillard's quarry and on some fractured surfaces there is a striking white-flecked appearance.
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 237 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology, Ottawa area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2716 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Williams D.A., Rae A.M., Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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