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Record: MDI30M16NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jex - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Hamilton, Hamilton

Latitude: 43° 57' 58.5"    Longitude: -78° 11' 10.89"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 725712.491   Northing: 4871973.486    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M16NE

Point Location Description: Point at Cobourg.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1906 : Jex and Co, building contractors, manufactured red brick (almost all for their own use).




Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Red-top clay, about 2.5 ft thick, was used to make red brick.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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