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MDI31F06NE00027
| Record Name(s) | John Knight Brickyard - 1908 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Grattan
Latitude: 45° 29' 22.34" Longitude: -77° 3' 35.15"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 339048.001 Northing: 5039397.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Knightington / Fourth Chute.
Circa 1908 : a brickyard operated by John Knight, producing 150,000 bricks per season in 1908 (for local use).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Host |
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Jun 09, 2011 (C Papertzian) - There is 4 ft of red clay with a soft shale below (said to be 20 ft deep). Only the red top clay iwas used in making red brick.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24
Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 746 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119
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