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Record: MDI30M12SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canada Brick - McFarren Quarry - 1984, F.B. McFarren - 1984, Streetsville - 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)



Location

Township or Area: Toronto

Latitude: 43° 34' 16.05"    Longitude: -79° 43' .38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 603620.18   Northing: 4825040.27    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12SE

Point Location Description: Precise

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
20PlagioclaseEconomicOre
25QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 5-43  Date: 1966

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

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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

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  Date: 1988

Author: Gartner Lee Limited

Publisher Name: Niagara Escarpment Commission

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

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

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 82-85  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: 10  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 23, 25  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 117  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: 11-53  Date: 1985

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

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: 67, 69  Date: 1986

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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