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Book
Citation
Cole (2002). The building stones of Cape Town, Popular Series 3, Council for Geoscience, 132p.
Date Retrieved
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Newspaper
Citation
Cape Argus (1893). Granite for Cape Town, 9/02/1893, p. 4.
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Other Publication
Citation
Wybergh (1932). The building stones of South Africa. Memoir, Geological Survey of South Africa, No. 29, 244p.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 - 12:13
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.933709, 18.39918
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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Submitted by doug.cole on 23/10/2013 - 11:45.
Grading
Grade IIIb
Grading Date
GradingComment
Kloof Quarry exploited hornfels of Malmesbury Group and fine-grained granite for building stone, aggregate and road material between 1890 and the 1950s. It forms a local historical site of mining activity. Grading by: DOUG COLE
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Significance Categories
Sphere of Significance
Local
Level
Low
Statement of Significance
Kloof Quarry is a large abandoned quarry that was rehabilitated for use as a playing field for Jan Van Riebeeck High School. It exploited hornfels of the Late Precambrian Malmesbury Group and granite of the Early Cambrian Cape Granite Suite for building stone, aggregate and road material with St Barnabas Church in Kloof Nek Road being one example.
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