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MDI30M05SW00020
| Record Name(s) | Canada Brick- Aldershot West Quarry - 9999, Canada Brick- Waterdown Quarry - 9999, National Sewer Pipe - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 2003-Jan-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)
Township or Area: East Flamborough
Latitude: 43° 19' 47.19" Longitude: -79° 51' 23.09"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 592712.188 Northing: 4798071.589 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 30M05SW
Point Location Description: Centre of licensed area is located to the west of King Road
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: West of King Road on HWY 403 North Service Road.
Canada Brick bought the already licensed property from the National Sewer Pipe in 1990. The property includes lands east and west of King Road. Canada Brick started extracting shale from the site in 1998 in preparation for construction of ther brick plant. The first commercial production started in April 2001. The official opening/full production of the brick plant was done in May 2002.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: LATE ORDOVICIAN Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS MAP 2582
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Red shale/ Queenston Formation | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (M Barua) - Queenston Formation shale dominantly soft with frequent green, carbonate-rich , competent shale layers, occasional to frequent gypsum seams and stockworks and rare gypsum. Plant capacity is approximately 150 million brick units per year as estimated from owner-supplied reports.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Layered |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Tabular | LATE ORDOVICIAN | OGS MAP 2582 |
Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario
Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 52-58 Date:
Author: MNR
Publisher Name:
Location: MMIC
MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 96-99 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC015 Date: 1977
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 121-122 Date: 1983
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Ceramic properties of selected shale and clay resources in south central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5571 Page: 36-37 Date: 1985
Author: Kwong J.K.P., Martini I.P., Narain M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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