Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | T. Godfrey and Company - 1914, Taylor, Willoughby and Burgess - 1885 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
Date Created | 1993-Feb-25 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Beckwith
Latitude: 45° 8' 50.17" Longitude: -76° 7' 20.07"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 411777 Northing: 4999923 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F01SE
Point Location Description: Point 1.5 km northeast of Carleton Place.
Location Method: Data Compilation
The pit was in operation for over 40 years. The plant has changed locations several times as the clay became exhausted. Approximatley 300,000 red, soft-mud brick are made each season of four months.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Is |
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Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Bricks were made from a 3 to 8 foot thick layer of Leda clay. The output of this brick yard was 14,000 bricks per day.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - In the summer of 1885, machine-made red bricks were produced at the rate of 9000 per day and sold at $10.00 per 1,000.
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1 | Unconsolidated |
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1 | Unconsolidated |
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: 147 Date: 1886
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Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/216067
Book - Clay, p.709
Publication Number: No.24 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: DEMR/CANMET
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Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 75-76 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 134 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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