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Record: MDI31B13NW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W. Nicholson Clay Pit - 1886
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Apr-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

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.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ClayEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - The pit produced 250,000 bricks from a 10 ft. deep pit in 1886



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067


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