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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M11NW00003

Record: MDI30M11NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Toronto Brick - Greenwood Clay Pit - 1990, John Price - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Nov-20
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: York

Latitude: 43° 40' 25.99"    Longitude: -79° 19' 20.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 635243.27   Northing: 4837020.52    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M11NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Clay Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1990 0 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 142 Page: 106  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario

Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 9-12  Date: 1998

Author: Guillet G.R.

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Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 162-163  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 193-197  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Toronto and surrounding area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2204 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1980

Author: Sharpe D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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