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Record: MDI31C08SW00022

General

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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 15' 53.73"    Longitude: -76° 27' 28.07"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 383643.51   Northing: 4902331.573    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: Centre of quarry visible on satellite photo

Location Method: Other

Access Description: Located on the east bank of the Cataraqui River, approximately 3.5 km north of the village of Barriefield.



Exploration History

1949-1986: Operated by McGinnis and O'Connor Limited. January 1986: purchased by Frontenac Aggregates and Construction. (Limestone Industries of Ontario, p. 140 and 141).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River Formation: 20.6m thick. (Limestone Industries of Ontario, p141 - 142).




Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - The limestone industries of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR039 Page: 35-36  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: 140-142  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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