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Record: MDI31F08NW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Waba Creek - 1924
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: McNab

Latitude: 45° 21' 33.36"    Longitude: -76° 26' .12"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 387737.002   Northing: 5023860.997    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 4.5 km east of White Lake, along the bank of White River.





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Clay

Lithology Comments

Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - The GSC collected a sample from the bank of the White River. The clay bank consists of about 6 feet of grey, pasty, stiff marine clay.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ClayEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - The clay would require the addition of approximately 35% sand to make it workable. It was suggested that the addition of marl from the White Lake deposit might improve the working and drying qualities of the clay.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Publication - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142

Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 64  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854


Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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