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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C02NE00033

Record: MDI31C02NE00033

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kirkpatrick Quarry - 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° 14' 31.84"    Longitude: -76° 32' 1.78"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 377527.53   Northing: 4899915.49    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NE

Point Location Description: Precise, quarry symbol 3.3 km N of Samson Point.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: About 370m N of Bath Road, east side Cataraqui Creek.



Exploration History

Abandoned; produced building stone during late 1800's and early 1900's.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Jun 11, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - A 4 to 6 metre thickness of dark bluish to brownish grey, lithographic limestone of the lower member, Gull River Formation was quarried.




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: 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: 53-4  Date: 1990

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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