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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C02NE00028

Record: MDI31C02NE00028

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Portsmouth Quarry #3 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
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° 13' 37.12"    Longitude: -76° 31' 2.04"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 378821.5   Northing: 4898202.462    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NE

Point Location Description: Precise, quarry symbol 0.8 km N of Portsmouth Harbour.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

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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