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MDI41A10SW00002
| Record Name(s) | Continental Brick Owen Sound Quarry - 1900, Owen Sound Brick - 1900 |
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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-May-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Sydenham
Latitude: 44° 35' 6.5" Longitude: -80° 55' 47.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 505560.82 Northing: 4936868.8 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A10SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clayey Siltstone | 1 | Shale | Is |
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Feb 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - Red-brown weathered Queenston shale and grey Dundas shale are obtained locally. The results of chemical, mineralological and ceramic testing of small bulks sample taken from stockpiles of the materials at the plant.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1990 | 1000 | MDI | The production was about 800,000 tiles in sizes of 4 to 10 inches during the 6 or 7 month working season. EXHAUSTED |
Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175
Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 5-75 Date: 1966
Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770
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. REPORT .
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Southeastern Ontario
MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 68-69 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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