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Record: MDI31C09NE00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wilson Chase - 1924
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay

Secondary Commodities: Marl



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 38' 24.31"    Longitude: -76° 9' 44.65"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407813   Northing: 4943627    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - The deposit consisted of 3 feet of yellowish, stratified, silty clay underlain by a stiffer grey clay carrying scattered pebbles in the lower part.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - A thin deposit of clay in a narrow stream valley about ½ mile west of Phillipsville was worked for common red building brick and field drain-tile, but is now abandoned.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Glaciolacustrine
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Book - Clay, #24, p. 711

Publication Number: No. 24 Scale:     Date: 1908

Author:

Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET

Location:


Publication - Preliminary Report on the Clay and Shale Deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 142 Scale:     Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854


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