Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Hughes Point Quarry - 1964, Gildersleeve Quarry - 1923 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica), Sandstone
Township or Area: Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Latitude: 44° 21' 18.39" Longitude: -76° 23' 6.68"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 389608 Northing: 4912248.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C08SW
Point Location Description: pit symbol on northeastern point
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: At Hughes Point.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Is |
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Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The stone is medium-grained, even-bedded grey Potsdam sandstone in beds 2 to 6 inches thick. The stone is mottled with black carbonaceous spots and has some rusty iron stains. The trade name is Rustic Hue. The stone has irregular bedding, but the almost complete absence of joints outweighs this objection and makes the quarrying of large blocks relatively easy.
Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The three quarries at this site produced building stone for the Kingston area as well as a cement sand. The building stone was quarried by hand with occasional drilling.
Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 18-1970 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1970
Author: Liberty, B A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108909
Publication - Paleozoic geology of Wolfe Island, Bath, Sydenham and Gananoque Map areas, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 70-35
Publication Number: Paper 70-35 Date: 1971
Author: Liberty, B.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102360
Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1
Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: I-4 Date: 1979
Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 4, sandstone
Publication Number: IMR017 Page: 7-10 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100
Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 122-123 Date: 1912
Author: Parks, W.A.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686
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