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Record: MDI30M12NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brampton Brick - 1981, Brampton Brick Ltd. - 1981, Brampton Quarry - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Aug-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Chinguacousy, Chinguacousy

Latitude: 43° 42' 11.92"    Longitude: -79° 46' 47.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 598312.05   Northing: 4839644.34    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF BRAMPTON, PRODUCTION: STOPPED OPERATING IN 1988.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20DolomiteEconomicOre
25PlagioclaseEconomicOre
30QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI EXHAUSTED

References

Book - CIM 1988, VOL 81, NO 912, P60

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 22  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 22  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario

Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 18-21, 48  Date: 1998

Author: Guillet G.R.

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

Publication Number: Page: 36-38  Date: 1988

Author: Gartner Lee Limited

Publisher Name: Niagara Escarpment Commission

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Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 89  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 148  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 60-63  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial mineral resources of the Brampton area, Halton, Peel, and York counties

Publication Number: IMR023 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Paleozoic geology, Brampton, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2337 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Bond I.J., Liberty B.A., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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 - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 117-118  Date: 1983

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: 71  Date: 1986

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - OGS 1988, BULLETIN P59-61

Publication Number: N/A Page: 59-51  Date: 1996

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Map - Quaternary geology, Brampton area

Publication Number: P3171 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1990

Author: Karrow P.F., Easton J., Turnbull D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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