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Record: MDI30M12SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canada Brick - Cooksville Quarry - 1984, Cooksville Company - 1984, Construction Materials Ltd. - 1984, Domtar Construction Materials - 1984, National Brick - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Feb-24
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)

Secondary Commodities: Shale (Building Stone), Shale (Crushed Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Toronto

Latitude: 43° 34' 30.92"    Longitude: -79° 37' 44.27"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 610703.28   Northing: 4825612.33    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12SE

Point Location Description: Precise, LOT: 18,20 CONC: 1S

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20DolomiteEconomicOre
25MicaEconomicOre
30OrthoclaseEconomicOre
35PlagioclaseEconomicOre
40QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 6-112  Date: 1966

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

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Book - MNDM-SW DIST. 1988, RES.PROP.REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP deposit files


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT, COMPANY FILE

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP deposit files


Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario

Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 49-53  Date: 1998

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name:

Location:


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

Publication Number: Page: 38, 44  Date: 1988

Author: Gartner Lee Limited

Publisher Name: Niagara Escarpment Commission

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 144-147  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Building stones of Ontario, part 2, limestone

Publication Number: IMR015 Page: 23  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 39-44  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Brampton area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P0953 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1974

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Location:


MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 18  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 113-114  Date: 1983

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Location:


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