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Record: MDI31C01NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Barriefield - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-May-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)

Secondary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)



Location

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.



Exploration History

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).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation: 3.0 m thick.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

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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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