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| Record Name(s) | Huntsville Brick Works - 1943, Stevens Brothers Plant - 1912, L. Ware Property - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1982-Nov-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Chaffey
Latitude: 45° 18' 53.95" Longitude: -79° 13' 52.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 638645 Northing: 5019463.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E06SE, 31E06SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Site of former brickyard is on east side of highway 11, 500m southeast of Hunter's Bay.
1900-circa 1967: production of between 40,000 to 700,000 bricks annually. The plant operated from May to October annually.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Varved | Is |
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Apr 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The deposit is described as a pit containing 12-15 feet of thinly varved brown clay and silt. The clay overlies silt and sand.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - Illite is abundant and is the dominant clay mineral. Non-clay minerals include quartz, soda-lime feldspar, amphibole and minor amounts of dolomite and potash feldspar.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24
Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 722 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 140, 144 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 21 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 162-164 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Page: 22 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 89 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Haliburton area, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM52A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 25 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Huntsville Area
Publication Number: P3413 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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