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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI30M12SW00003

Record: MDI30M12SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Toronto Brick - Milton Quarry - 1984, Brampton Brick - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Feb-24
Date Last Modified 2022-May-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Trafalgar, Trafalgar

Latitude: 43° 30' 40.24"    Longitude: -79° 53' 55.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 589009.94   Northing: 4818171.8    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF MILTON.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1984 0 MDI PROVEN

References

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: 122  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: 100-102  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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Map - Pukaskwa River, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2332 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 13  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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