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MDI31C08SW00002
| Record Name(s) | Frontenac - 1982, Kingston Quarry - 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-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 15' 48.4" Longitude: -76° 29' 39.59"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 380724.467 Northing: 4902219.534 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08SW
Point Location Description: Quarry symb, northern limits of town 0.5 km south of hwy 401, visible on satellite photo
Location Method: Other
Access Description: This large quarry is located in the City of Kingston, just east of Division Street, south of Hwy 401, in lots 1 to 5, concession West of Cataraqui River.
The quarry operated from the early 1900's (Fair Quarry) to mid 1960's, producing crushed stone for road construction and for asphalt aggregate.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
May 31, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - The 17 metre deep quarry exposes limestones and dolostones of the Middle Ordovician Gull River Formation.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 67-69 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 65 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
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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 204 Date: 1993
Author: Wolf R.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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