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Record: MDI31D06SE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Beaverton - 1984
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Thorah

Latitude: 44° 25' 37.26"    Longitude: -79° 8' 6.86"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 648429.6   Northing: 4920993.4    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D06SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

LOCATION: DEPOSIT WAS MINED FROM TWO PITS, THE MAIN PIT IS IN L12 C5, OTHER IN L10 C5, TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BROCK.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Clay Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20DolomiteEconomicOre
25OrthoclaseEconomicOre
30PlagioclaseEconomicOre
35QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 8-75  Date: 1966

Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770


Book - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142

Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 76, 80  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Preliminary maps Orillia-Brechin and Beaverton Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 50-11

Publication Number: GSC Paper 50-11 Page: Map 50-11B  Date: 1950

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108423


Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 87-88  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 142-143  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 126-127  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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