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Record: MDI31C16NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) R. Scott Clay Pit - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Drummond

Latitude: 44° 53' 56.3"    Longitude: -76° 14' 15.81"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 402277.11   Northing: 4972472.77    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NE

Point Location Description: Point just northeast of Perth.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible by road south of Perth.



Exploration History

Circa 1908 : R.Scott operated a brickworks using both red clay and Erie blue clay.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1

Lithology Comments

Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - Three to five feet of red-top clay, in places quite stoney overlies Erie blue clay which is also stoney. The red clay was used for the manufacture of red stock brick. The blue Erie clay is used for the manufacture of white stock brick, which are the finest brick of this class seen in the province.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Glaciolacustrine
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24

Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 709  Date: 1908

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119


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

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 142 Page: 64  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 76  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1961

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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