Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Vincent Russell Brickyard - 1906 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1991-Jan-07 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
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.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
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.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Clay | Is |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The annual output of the brickyard was reportedly between 800,000 to 1,000,000 bricks.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Unconsolidated |
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
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