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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C02NE00003

Record: MDI31C02NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Portsmouth - 1982, Portsmouth Quarry #5 - 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 2023-Aug-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone), Limestone (Chemical/Flux)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 13' 16.06"    Longitude: -76° 31' 13.22"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 378561.499   Northing: 4897557.447    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NE

Point Location Description: General, quarry symbol in village of Portsmouth, just west of Kingston.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Jun 07, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River Formation: 5.0m thick




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 65  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


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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