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MDI31C01NW00027
| Record Name(s) | Fort Henry - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-May-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 13' 48.43" Longitude: -76° 27' 45.98"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 383177.473 Northing: 4898472.481 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C01NW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Point at Point Henry. On the west side of Fort Henry Hill, east of the City of Kingston. Access via Hwy. 2.
Limestone quarry active in the early 1800's (OFR 5556, p85).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Quarry section: 2.4 m hard dark grey limestone with texture of lithographic limestone; 3.6 m soft magnesium limestone; 4.3 m hard, blue grey limestone with small ostracods. (Building Stone Inventory Checklist, 1985).
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:
File - Resident Geologist files 1985, Building Stone checklist PT02.0
Publication Number: Date: 2001
Author:
Publisher Name: Tweed RGP
Location:
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