Submitted by doug.cole on Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:30
Inventory Reference
GEO007
Formal Gradings
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment

Lake View Quarry1 is one of two quarries that exploited sandstone for building stone in the early 1900s. It forms a local historical site of mining activity. Grading by: DOUG COLE

Statement of Significance

Consists of a small quarry on hillside above Boyes Drive. Steep slopes. Exploited quartzitic sandstone of the Ordovician Peninsula Formation for building stone and minor aggregate from the early 1900s until about 1934. Capstan, holes for "feather-wedging" sandstone blocks and cables of cableway still present.

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
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