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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M04NW00002

Record: MDI30M04NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canadian Pressed - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Barton

Latitude: 43° 13' 57.3"    Longitude: -79° 49' 23.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 595565.25   Northing: 4787315.48    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M04NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF HAMILTON.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1984 0 MDI EXHAUSTED

References

Publication - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142

Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 97-98  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 161  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 67-68  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:


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