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Record: MDI31C07SE00042

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fair - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 17' 3.92"    Longitude: -76° 30' 2.26"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 380264.46   Northing: 4904558.541    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07SE

Point Location Description: quarry symbol marked 5.1km ESE of Bur Creek, quarry on satellite photo

Location Method: Other

Access Description: The quarry is located on Macadoos Lane, east of Division Street.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Jul 06, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River Formation, lower and upper members: 17.0 m exposed




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: 64-65  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 138-140  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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