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MDI31B12NE00032
| Record Name(s) | Wexford - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Edwardsburgh
Latitude: 44° 43' .79" Longitude: -75° 30' 5.52"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 460277.415 Northing: 4951623.025 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12NE
Point Location Description: Point at Wexford.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: This sample represents a deposit about 1/4 ml wide, situated about 1/2 ml E of Prescott and extending along the St. Lawrence nearly to Windmill Point.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A sample of clay (#703) was taken to a 12 ft depth from surface in the steep bank of the river. The total depth of the deposit is 16 ft. This is ordinary grey, massive Champlain Clay, very plastic and smooth when wet. It is suitable for making drain tile as well as brick, but though these will dry in air they will crack with artificial heat.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Report on structural materials along the St. Lawrence River, between. Prescott, Ont., and Lachine, Que.; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 549
Publication Number: CMB Pub 549 Page: 43 Date: 1922
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307750
Book - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142
Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 54, 66-67 Date: 1924
Author: Keele, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854
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