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Record: MDI31C08SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frontenac - 1982, Kingston Quarry - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-May-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 15' 48.4"    Longitude: -76° 29' 39.59"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 380724.467   Northing: 4902219.534    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: Quarry symb, northern limits of town 0.5 km south of hwy 401, visible on satellite photo

Location Method: Other

Access Description: This large quarry is located in the City of Kingston, just east of Division Street, south of Hwy 401, in lots 1 to 5, concession West of Cataraqui River.



Exploration History

The quarry operated from the early 1900's (Fair Quarry) to mid 1960's, producing crushed stone for road construction and for asphalt aggregate.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

May 31, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - The 17 metre deep quarry exposes limestones and dolostones of the Middle Ordovician Gull River Formation.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR005 Page: 67-69  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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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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Mono - An Inventory of Inactive Quarries in the Paleozoic Limestone and Dolostone Strata of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5863 Page: 204  Date: 1993

Author: Wolf R.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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