Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31G05NE00045
| Record Name(s) | Kirby - 1993, Rogers and Kirby - 1993, Kirby Quarry - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Limestone (Crushed Stones)
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 26' 46.29" Longitude: -75° 38' 55.02"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 449277.351 Northing: 5032723.057 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Map number 31, 1.0 km SSE of Manor Park.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: A short distance NE of the Notre Dame cemetary.
Pre-1917 : quarry owned by Rogers and Kirby, producing crushed rock. Opened in an escarpment. 1938 : by now the quarry is owned by the T. Sidney Kirby Co Ltd. It covers an area of about 350 square feet and exposes 34 ft of Bobcaygeon Formation limestone (upper and middle member).
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The upper and middle members of the Bobcaygeon Formation are exposed in the quarry - see section AQ OT-8 in OGS 1991. Limestone with some shaly partings; stylolites, cross-bedding, corals, bryuozoa, brachiopods; chert.
Publication - Road material surveys in 1915; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 99
Publication Number: GSC Mem 99 Page: 42 Date: 1917
Author: Reinecke, L
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101678
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 249 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 52-54 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
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