Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3418AC212
Site Name
Geosite - Lakeview Quarry2
Site Category
Geological
References
Date Retrieved
Reference Types
Journal
Citation
Cole (2007). The geology of building stone and quarries in the South Peninsula. Kalk Bay Historical Association, Bulletin 11, pp. 120-146.
Record Administration
Author
doug.cole
Post date
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.093891, 18.455741
Western Cape
  • City of Cape Town
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 225367
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Submitted by doug.cole on 21/10/2013 - 15:14.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment

Lake View Quarry2 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

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Historical
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance

Consists of a small quarry on north side of Peck's Valley above Boyes Drive. Steep slopes. Exploited quartzitic sandstone of the Ordovician Peninsula Formation for building stone and minor aggregate from the late 1880s until the early 1900s.

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