Limestone was quarried during the early 1940's on Lot 423, one kilometre northwest of Paxton Lake on northern Texada Island.

The Beale quarry is situated near the southwestern margin of a 13 kilometre long belt of Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Quatsino Formation limestone up to 13 kilometres wide that is preserved along the axis of a broad northwest plunging syncline. To the southeast, the limestone is in fault contact with basaltic flows of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation.

In 1941, Stanley Beale produced 1579 tonnes of limestone for use as stucco.