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MDI31L06SW00003
| Record Name(s) | Gravell Brick Works - 1961, Wallace and Son Brick Works - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Apr-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Widdifield
Latitude: 46° 18' 45.49" Longitude: -79° 25' 22.83"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 621420.003 Northing: 5129992.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L06SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From highway 17/11 through the city of North Bay, proceed north at Seymour Street turning left onto Wallace Road. Proceed for approximately 250m. Site is on east side of Wallace Road in greenbelt 20m from street.
1912-30: R. Wallace and Son - brick works in operation 1961-65: Gravell Brick Company Limited - brick works in operation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Is |
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Jul 06, 2011 (A Wilson) - Saugeen clay occurs at this location in a bank varying from 3 to 10 feet in depth and rests immediately upon the bedrock. Stratigraphy at the site consisted of 2 feet of dark red burning surface clay, 4 feet of medium red-burning clay and 14 feet of salmon buff-burning clay. The clay was varved in 1 inch layers and each varve consisted of grey-blue silt or silty clay and an 1/8 inch layer of smooth plastic red-brown lacy. The upper 6 feet of the clay was oxidized to a brown colour.
Jul 06, 2011 (A Wilson) - Gravell Brickworks reportedly produced 6,000,000 bricks per year in a four month season.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Glaciolacustrine |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound
Publication Number: R094 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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