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Record: MDI31C16NE00031

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) M. Ryan Brickworks - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Elmsley

Latitude: 44° 53' 51.22"    Longitude: -76° 0' 57.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 419777.29   Northing: 4972072.79    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NE

Point Location Description: Point at Smiths Falls.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Situated on the north bank of the Rideau canal, above Smiths Falls.



Exploration History

Circa 1906 : M. Ryan – clay pit in production; worked about 5 ft. of red-top clay down to water level.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Is
Sandstone 2 Adjacent
Dolomitic Rock 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - This is a small deposit of marine clay - Erie blue clay underlies the Red-top clay, but only the latter is used in brickmaking.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 16, 2015 (A Wilson) - The brick works had a capacity of 1,800,000 bricks per season.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Book - Clay, p. 710

Publication Number: No. 24 Date: 1908

Author:

Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET

Location: Southern Ontario RGO


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:


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