Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Brampton Brick - Don Valley Quarry - 1984, United Ceramics - 1984, Don Valley Pressed Brick - 1984, Toronto Brick Company - 1984 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1984-Sep-20 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)
Secondary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: York
Latitude: 43° 41' 14.85" Longitude: -79° 21' 57.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 631687.24 Northing: 4838457.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M11NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
PRODUCTION: INITIALLY FOR QUATERNARY CLAY AND THEN FOR SHALE, TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF METROPOLITAN TORONTO.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Clay | Is |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Plagioclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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1984 | 0 | MDI | EXHAUSTED |
Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175
Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 6 Date: 1966
Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770
Publication - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 142 Page: 18-19, 106, 141 Date: 1924
Author: Keele, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854
Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1263A
Publication Number: GSC Map 1263A Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1969
Author: Sanford, B V
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109120
Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
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Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario
Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 49 Date: 1998
Author: Guillet G.R.
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Book - A survey of potentially available shale resources for brick manufacturing in southern Ontario
Publication Number: Page: 44 Date: 1988
Author: Gartner Lee Limited
Publisher Name: Niagara Escarpment Commission
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Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 111-112 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 161-162 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 47-55 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 13 Date: 1977
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Toronto and surrounding area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2204 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1980
Author: Sharpe D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 114-115 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - An annotated bibliography of the Quaternary geology and history for the Don Valley Brickworks
Publication Number: MP135 Date: 1987
Author: Kelly R.I., Barnett P.J., Delorme R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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