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Record: MDI31E11NW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Vincent Russell Brickyard - 1906
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Armour

Latitude: 45° 36' 58.43"    Longitude: -79° 25' 10.93"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 623208.999   Northing: 5052623.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E11NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed west of Burks Falls along highway 520. Brickyard and clay pit were reportedly located 300m west of highway 11 overpass.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The deposit contained from six to ten feet of Saugeen clay with its usual bands of sand, which render the whole quite mild and easily workable.




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
1ClayEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The annual output of the brickyard was reportedly between 800,000 to 1,000,000 bricks.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Book - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Department of Mines, Mines Branch, Publication No. 24, 972 p.

Publication Number: GSC Vol. 24 Date: 1908

Author: E. Haanel et al

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 25  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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