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| Record Name(s) | Glenburnie Quarry - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| 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' 26.37" Longitude: -76° 30' 19.16"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 379936.462 Northing: 4907109.557 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C07SE
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol 1.4 km S of Shannons Corners, visible on satellite photo
Location Method: Other
The quarry was in operation since the mid-1960s and as of 1986 was owned and operated by W.J. McKendry and Sons Limited. 2007: Landsat image shows a flooded quarry, still licensed.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Jul 10, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River Formation: The quarry is 15.9 m deep and exposes both the lower and upper members.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Host |
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario, 1958-1963
Publication Number: IMR013 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario
Publication Number: NSP002 Page: 156-158 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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