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Record: MDI31G05NE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cain - 1993, Cain Brick Company - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Gloucester

Latitude: 45° 23' 2.11"    Longitude: -75° 40' 35.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 447027.327   Northing: 5025822.982    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G05NE

Point Location Description: Point just N of Billings Bridge.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1906 : Cain Brick Company produced about 21/2 million brick/year in 1906, 3 million in 1908. Red stock brick.




Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 3 layers of clay - 5 ft of strong red on top, 7 ft of milder, yellow-brown sandy clay and then blue (Leda) clay below. Sampled in 1924.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: CMB Pub 24 Page: 670-671  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  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: 61  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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