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Record: MDI31F06NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) John Knight Brickyard - 1908
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Grattan

Latitude: 45° 29' 22.34"    Longitude: -77° 3' 35.15"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 339048.001   Northing: 5039397.997    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Knightington / Fourth Chute.



Exploration History

Circa 1908 : a brickyard operated by John Knight, producing 150,000 bricks per season in 1908 (for local use).




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 09, 2011 (C Papertzian) - There is 4 ft of red clay with a soft shale below (said to be 20 ft deep). Only the red top clay iwas used in making red brick.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unconsolidated
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Publication - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24

Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 746  Date: 1908

Author:

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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