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Record: MDI31C08SW00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rideau Station Quarry - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-May-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Limestone (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Kingston

Latitude: 44° 17' 29.67"    Longitude: -76° 25' 43.22"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 386019.553   Northing: 4905250.591    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.3 km ESE of Kingston Mills.



Exploration History

Abandoned; probably worked for building stone prior to 1938. (OFR 5730, p54).


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Gull River formation: 8.0 m of interbedded dark brownish grey, lithographic limestone and dolomitic limestone of the lower member, are exposed. (OFR 5730, p54).




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     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 - Carbonate building stone resources of the Lake Simcoe-Kingston area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5730 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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