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| Record Name(s) | Pembroke Brick Company - 1910, J.A. Thibadeau Property - 1906 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-May-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Stafford
Latitude: 45° 47' 48.15" Longitude: -77° 6' 43.62"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 335857 Northing: 5073630 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F14SE
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Just south of the town of Pembroke.
Circa 1906: J.A. Thibadeau - brick plant in production. 1910-1931; Pembroke Brick Company - brick plant in production
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Is |
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May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Sandy Saugeen clay is mined to form bricks. The clay face at the clay pit was approximately 12 feet high and the clay became sandy at depth.
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - circa 1906 the plant was making aout 700,000 bricks per year. The Pembroke Brick Company averaged 350,000 bricks per year in a season of 4 months. The clay minerals are illite and minor amounts of montmorillonite. Additional minerals include quartz, soda-lime feldspar, amphibole, dolomite, potash feldspar and calcite.
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Pembroke, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2459 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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