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MDI41A09SW00002
| Record Name(s) | Collingwood - 1859, William Darley Pollard - 1859 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Oil Shale
Township or Area: Collingwood
Latitude: 44° 32' 11.99" Longitude: -80° 21' 18.4"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 551235 Northing: 4931684 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A09SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
1859-1863 : in production. A growing demand for artificial light led to the establishment, in 1859, of a firm headed by William Darley Pollard of Collingwood. He erected a plant here to obtain oil through the treatment of local bituminous shales. The process, patented by Pollard, involved the destructive distillation of fragmented shale in cast-iron retorts heated by means of wood.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clayey Siltstone | 1 | Shale | Is |
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| Limestone | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Kerogen | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Feb 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - The 27 to 32 tonnes of shale distilled daily yielded 950 litres of which was refined into illuminating and heavy lubricating oils. The enterprise, the only one of its kind in the province's history, failed by 1863.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 32 | MDI | unclassifed but existing |
Book - AM CHEM SOC 1983, NO 230, P119-138
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Publication - Organic Geochemistry of Ordovician Collingwood Oil Shales On Manitoulin, Cockburn, Drummond and St. Joseph Islands, southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1496
Publication Number: OF1496 Date: 1987
Author: Macauley, G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/130270
Publication - Ordovician oil shale-source rock sediments in the central and eastern Canada mainland and eastern Arctic areas, and their significance for frontier exploration; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 90-14
Publication Number: Paper 90-14 Date: 1990
Author: Macauley, G; Fowler, M G; Goodarzi, F; Snowdon, L; Stasiuk, L D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129000
Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario
Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 13 Date: 1998
Author: Guillet G.R.
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Map - Paleozoic geology, Collingwood-Nottawasaga, southern Ontario
Publication Number: M2341 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1976
Author: Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Book - Geology and fossils, Craigleith area, Ontario
Publication Number: GB07 Page: 4-5 Date: 1997
Author: Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Oil shale assessment project
Publication Number: MP106.017S Date: 1997
Author: Johnson M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Oil shale assessment project, Volume 1 - Shallow drilling results 1981/82
Publication Number: OFR5458 Date: 1983
Author: Johnson M.D., Russell D.J., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Oil shale assessment project, Volume 2 - Drillholes for regional correlation 1981/82
Publication Number: OFR5459 Date: 1983
Author: Johnson M.D., Russell D.J., Telford P.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Geochemical analyses of Ontario oil shales
Publication Number: OFR5568 Date: 1985
Author: Barker J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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