Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Ellwood - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Shale (Crushed Stone)
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 21' 54.4" Longitude: -75° 39' 37.66"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 448277.314 Northing: 5023722.987 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Point 0.7 km SE of Ellwood.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: S of Ellwood, on Hwy 31, where a large area of Billings Formation shale has little or no overburden.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Samples taken of the Billings Formation shale - good bloating materials but too narrow a vitrification range for the manufacture of a coated aggregate.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51
Publication Number: TB51 Scale: Date: 1963
Author: Wilson, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938
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