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Record: MDI31C02NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Collins Bay - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-May-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 14' 2.82"    Longitude: -76° 35' 35.66"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 372766.467   Northing: 4899110.398    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NE

Point Location Description: General, second of 2 quarry symbols, 1.5 km E of Collins Bay, S of Hwy 33.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Early 1900's, produced building stone and crushed stone from mid 1960's to 1970's.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

May 31, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Bobcaygeon Formation, lower member: 3.4 m thick. Gull River Formation, upper member 3.1 m. Total thickness: 6.5 m.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963

Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 35  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Page: 154  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: 52-3  Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 202-203  Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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