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Record Name(s) | W. Nicholson Clay Pit - 1886 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1993-Apr-28 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Montague
Latitude: 44° 55' 59.95" Longitude: -75° 49' 52.26"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 434414 Northing: 4975879 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B13NW
Point Location Description: west side of Rideau Canal
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 2.0 km north of Merrickville.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Is |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - The pit produced 250,000 bricks from a 10 ft. deep pit in 1886
Publication - Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886: Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 409
Publication Number: GSC SR 409 Page: 147 Date: 1886
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Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067
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