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| Record Name(s) | Elginburg Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)
Township or Area: Kingston
Latitude: 44° 18' 56.1" Longitude: -76° 33' 25.05"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 375835.387 Northing: 4908103.51 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07SE
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 1.25 km WSW of Elginburg, visible on satellite photo
Location Method: Other
The Elginburg quarry was purchased in 1965 by McGinnis & O'Connor Limited and was opened by the same in 1970. In 1986 the quarry was owned and operated by Frontenac Aggregates and Construction, a division of Cruickshank Construction Ltd. As of 2005 Cruickshank Construction Limited still owns and operates the quarry. This quarry is the major source of stone for Cruickshank in Eastern Ontario. The Kingston quarries collectively market 450 000 - 600 000 tonnes annually.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Jul 10, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River Formation: 10m deep quarry, exposing thin-bedded limestone of the upper member.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 24-5 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 134-135 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
Location:
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