Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Cain - 1993, Cain Brick 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° 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
Circa 1906 : Cain Brick Company produced about 21/2 million brick/year in 1906, 3 million in 1908. Red stock brick.
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.
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: 670-671 Date: 1908
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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
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