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Record: MDI31B14NE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Farrans Point - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Osnabruck

Latitude: 44° 59' 4.01"    Longitude: -75° 0' 39.84"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 499127.558   Northing: 4981222.589    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B14NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Point 1.2 km SW of Ingleside.



Exploration History

1922, Sample Number 690, clay occurs in small patches, makes good brick material, however colour is pale in nature due to high percentage of lime in clay material (Rpt 549).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Summary report of the Mines Branch of the Department of Mines for the calendar year ending December 31, 1919; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 542

Publication Number: CMB Pub 542 Page: 116  Date: 1920

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307744


Publication - Report on structural materials along the St. Lawrence River, between. Prescott, Ont., and Lachine, Que.; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 549

Publication Number: CMB Pub 549 Page: 45  Date: 1922

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307750


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