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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI41A10SE00003

Record: MDI41A10SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Boucher Point - 1972, Blue Mountain Pottery - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Dec-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Collingwood

Latitude: 44° 35' 31.71"    Longitude: -80° 30' 28.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 539065   Northing: 4937762    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A10SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1972-1974: 4,000 tonnes of clay




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clayey Siltstone 1 Shale Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ClayEconomicOre
2QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1972 4000 MDI

References

Map - Geology, Owen Sound, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 21-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108584


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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