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| Record Name(s) | Curtis - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-May-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Otonabee
Latitude: 44° 19' 11.22" Longitude: -78° 17' 55.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 715413.294 Northing: 4910940.592 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D08SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Point 1.5 km SW of Donwood.
Past producer with production from two plants, up to 2 000 000 bricks and 140 000 drain tiles manufactured per season, (AR 39-4). Source of material was from two pits located nearby the plant and with clay thicknesses of 2.4 m and 0.6 m, (Catalog 1886).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886: Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report no. 409
Publication Number: GSC SR 409 Page: 145 Date: 1886
Author:
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 94-5 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 79 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 151-2 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - List of mines, quarries and works, 1938
Publication Number: ARV48-01.002 Page: 69 Date: 1997
Author: Tremblay M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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