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| Record Name(s) | Morris and Ballantyne - 2001, Merkleys - 2001, Ottawa Brick and Terra Cotta Company - 2001 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 22' 52.36" Longitude: -75° 40' 40.41"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 446927.323 Northing: 5025522.979 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Point at Billings Bridge.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1893-pre1912 : Morris and Ballantyne operated the brickyard, manufacturing over 2 million red stock brick /year in 1906. 1912 : after changing hands several times, the plant was taken over by Merkley's Ltd in 1912. They started making shale brick in 1920. Products are listed as : red soft-mud brick, red wire-cut shale and clay brick, red drain tile and red hollow building tile. In 1930 the (2-level) clay pit had a 50 ft face (20 ft strong plastic clay, 20 ft of mild clay and 10 ft of blue marine clay with some shells). Below this is 2 ft of gravel on shale. Shale for the plant was drawn from 11/2 miles away. There was an extensive plant.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 5 ft of red clay with about 7 ft of yellow-brown sandy clay below and then blue Leda clay below again.
| 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 - Report on the mining and metallurgical industries of Canada, 1907-8; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 24
Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 670 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119
Book - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142
Publication Number: GSC Mem 142 Page: 65, 68-69 Date: 1924
Author: Keele, J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854
Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 60 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 111 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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