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| Record Name(s) | Paul Farm - 1823 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Sand
Township or Area: Elizabethtown
Latitude: 44° 33' 34.3" Longitude: -75° 44' 5.76"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 441634 Northing: 4934283.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B12SE
Point Location Description: Point 0.8 km NW of Fernbank.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 21/2 ml W of Brockville.
1898 : T. Bresee - moulding sand from this farm was first used in 1898 1923: A. Paul - produced moulding sand intermittently since 1923.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The moulding sand lies between outcrops of granite and sandstone, centred on lot 22. It has a uniform thickness of about 30 inches with 6-12 inches of overburden. It is underlain by sharp or loamy sand. See ' Hallecks Clay ' MDI31B12SE00012, re underlying clay. 2 samples of sand were taken in 1928 (OGS 1936).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sand | 1 | Sand | Is |
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Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The moulding sand lies between outcrops of granite and sandstone, centred on lot 22. It has a uniform thickness of about 30 inches with 6-12 inches of overburden. It is underlain by sharp or loamy sand. The sand ranges from 1 ½ feet to 3 ft 10 inches in thickness. The moulding sand layer is uniform in thickness (30 inches). The moulding sand is underlain by sharp or loamy sand.
Feb 20, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sand has been deemed useful for brass foundry work and was suitable for stove plate and similar light work.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Book - Natural bonded moulding sands of Canada, p. 69-70
Publication Number: 767 Date: 1996
Author: C.H. Freeman
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
Location:
Publication - Brockville-Mallorytown map Area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 134
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 134 Page: 53 Date: 1923
Author: Wright, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100859
Publication - Occurrence and testing of foundry moulding sands; Canada Mines Branch, Bulletin 21
Publication Number: CMB Bulletin 21 Date: 1917
Author: Cole, L H
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307701
Map - Brockville-Mallorytown Area, Leeds County, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1964 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1920
Author: Wright, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107387
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