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Record: MDI30M04NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) George Crain - 1980, Grimsby - Quarry - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1980-Aug-28
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Clinton

Latitude: 43° 11' .79"    Longitude: -79° 30' 36.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 621067.42   Northing: 4782275.77    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M04NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20PlagioclaseEconomicOre
25QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1980 0 MDI

References

Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: Date: 1966

Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770


Book - A survey of potentially available shale resources for brick manufacturing in southern Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 47  Date: 1988

Author: Gartner Lee Limited

Publisher Name: Niagara Escarpment Commission

Location:


Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 7879  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 135  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 57, 78-79  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Paleozoic geology, Grimsby, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2343 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Liberty B.A., Feenstra B.H., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 23, 25  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Geology and ceramic properties of selected shales and clays of southwestern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5583 Page: 3-98  Date: 1986

Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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