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| Record Name(s) | Napanee Brick - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Fredericksburgh
Latitude: 44° 13' 51.56" Longitude: -76° 57' 47.17"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 343221.037 Northing: 4899402.539 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C02NW
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol on S bank of the Napanee River.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1869 : plant built by G. Whittington and bought by the Napanee Brick and Tile Co in 1913. 1917 : they went into bankruptcy and the plant was bought by John Chapman. The plant was still in operation in 1967 but is now closed.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The clay pit contains 3 kinds of clay, varying in plasticity (a dark grey clay in the top 6 ft, a lighter grey clay in the next 6 ft and a dark grey clay at the bottom of the pit). The lower part is well-stratrified (varved), the upper less so; and this rests on sand and gravel. The varved clay is said to extend to a depth of 18 ft and the peaty clay is said to underlie at least 30 acres with an average depth of 5 ft. Overburden is about 6 inches. In 1967 it was reported that 10 ft of varved clay, oxidized to a medium olive-brown colour, overlay grey varved clay. About 10 % of grey clay was batched with brown clay for most tile sizes, the proportion of grey clay increasing in the larger tile. 3 ft of medium-grained brown sand was stripped from the top of the clay bank. The pit was irregular in shape, about 400 x 200 ft, and opening onto the Napanee River at water-level. See OGS 1967 for a section, anaylses and test results.
Publication - Preliminary report on coated lightweight concrete aggregate from Canadian clays and shales, part III, Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Memoir no. 121
Publication Number: CMB Mem 121 Page: 28-29 Date: 1952
Author: Matthews, J G
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296362
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 77 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 134-135 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 172-175 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175
Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 8 Date: 1966
Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770
Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51
Publication Number: TB51 Page: 29 Date: 1963
Author: Wilson, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938
Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24
Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 712-713 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119
Part - List of mines, quarries and works, 1938
Publication Number: ARV48-01.002 Page: 70 Date: 1997
Author: Tremblay M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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