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| Record Name(s) | Wallace - 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-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 14' 26.04" Longitude: -76° 29' 27.22"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 380952.463 Northing: 4899673.503 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C01NW
Point Location Description: General, point 2 km NW of Royal Military College.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Wallace's quarry on Patrick Street is situated on the margin of the bluff which has been opened in an almost continuous line of quarries.
The quarry was in production between 1890 to 1900's. Limestone was used for building stone, sills and coursing. Stone from this quarry or the adjoining quarries was used in the construction of City Hall, Drill Hall, St. Andrew's church, post-office, and the College buildings (Parks 1912, p212).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 210-212 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 67 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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