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| Record Name(s) | Sloan - 1982, Kingston Quarries - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1982-May-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Feb-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone
Township or Area: Pittsburgh
Latitude: 44° 21' 36.41" Longitude: -76° 22' 25.11"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 390537.565 Northing: 4912788.618 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: North shore of Rideau Waterway, lot 11, conc. 6.
2023: Operated by Rideauview Contracts Ltd. for Cambrian "Kingston Hue" Potsdam formation sandstone.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Appalachian Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Host |
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Date: Jan 27, 2005
Geologist: C Papertzian
Notes: In 1964, this deposit consised of 5 small quarry openings on the Sloan farm lot 11, con 6, Storrington township, operated by Kingston Quarries Ltd. Quarry faces range from 3 to 10 feet high. Cross bedding is common and two of the quarries are in cross bedded sections which dip 10 to 20 degrees east. The stone is a medium to thin bedded buff and salmon pink to red Potsdam sandstone. It is know as 'Kingston Hue'. Tree-like cylindrical sandstone concretionary structures up to three feet in diameter may be seen at this locality (D.F. Hewitt, 1964, ref no. 4001). These structures have been debated for over a century with various authors suggesting that they were concretions, potholes, or dewatering structures. Rideauview Contracts Ltd. now operates these quarries. The property was visited on August 17, 2004. For further on this visit, see OFR6152.
Mono - Report of Activities 2004, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR6152 Page: 24-25 Date: 2005
Author: Sangster P.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 10-12 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-3 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 91 Date: 1985
Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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