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Record: MDI31C02NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Napanee Brick - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Feb-24
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Fredericksburgh

Latitude: 44° 13' 51.56"    Longitude: -76° 57' 47.17"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 343221.037   Northing: 4899402.539    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C02NW

Point Location Description: Quarry symbol on S bank of the Napanee River.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1869 : plant built by G. Whittington and bought by the Napanee Brick and Tile Co in 1913. 1917 : they went into bankruptcy and the plant was bought by John Chapman. The plant was still in operation in 1967 but is now closed.




Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The clay pit contains 3 kinds of clay, varying in plasticity (a dark grey clay in the top 6 ft, a lighter grey clay in the next 6 ft and a dark grey clay at the bottom of the pit). The lower part is well-stratrified (varved), the upper less so; and this rests on sand and gravel. The varved clay is said to extend to a depth of 18 ft and the peaty clay is said to underlie at least 30 acres with an average depth of 5 ft. Overburden is about 6 inches. In 1967 it was reported that 10 ft of varved clay, oxidized to a medium olive-brown colour, overlay grey varved clay. About 10 % of grey clay was batched with brown clay for most tile sizes, the proportion of grey clay increasing in the larger tile. 3 ft of medium-grained brown sand was stripped from the top of the clay bank. The pit was irregular in shape, about 400 x 200 ft, and opening onto the Napanee River at water-level. See OGS 1967 for a section, anaylses and test results.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Preliminary report on coated lightweight concrete aggregate from Canadian clays and shales, part III, Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 121

Publication Number: CMB Mem 121 Page: 28-29  Date: 1952

Author: Matthews, J G

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296362


Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 77  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 134-135  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 172-175  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: Date: 1966

Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770


Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51

Publication Number: TB51 Page: 29  Date: 1963

Author: Wilson, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938


Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24

Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 712-713  Date: 1908

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119


Part - List of mines, quarries and works, 1938

Publication Number: ARV48-01.002 Page: 70  Date: 1997

Author: Tremblay M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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