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Record: MDI31F14SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pembroke Brick Company - 1910, J.A. Thibadeau Property - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1986-May-29
Date Last Modified 2024-Sep-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Stafford

Latitude: 45° 47' 48.15"    Longitude: -77° 6' 43.62"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 335857   Northing: 5073630    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F14SE

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Just south of the town of Pembroke.



Exploration History

Circa 1906: J.A. Thibadeau - brick plant in production. 1910-1931; Pembroke Brick Company - brick plant in production




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Is

Lithology Comments

May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Sandy Saugeen clay is mined to form bricks. The clay face at the clay pit was approximately 12 feet high and the clay became sandy at depth.




Mineralization Comments

May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - circa 1906 the plant was making aout 700,000 bricks per year. The Pembroke Brick Company averaged 350,000 bricks per year in a season of 4 months. The clay minerals are illite and minor amounts of montmorillonite. Additional minerals include quartz, soda-lime feldspar, amphibole, dolomite, potash feldspar and calcite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 96  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 25  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 24-25  Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 29  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 153  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 29  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Pembroke, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2459 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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