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MDI31G05NE00024
| Record Name(s) | O'Reilly - 1993, Oreilly - 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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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 22' 11.47" Longitude: -75° 41' 44.28"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 445527.316 Northing: 5024272.948 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Point 0.5 km SW of Hogsback.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1896-1930 : in 1930 a red soft-mud brick was produced (about 11/2 million in a 5 month season) from a pit with a 20 ft face. At this time mostly 'inside common' brick were produced but they had been used as face brick for years.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The top 4 ft is loam, underlain by 5 ft of sandy clay and 11 ft of blue Leda clay, all of which burn to a medium red. A blend from top to bottom was used for a soft-mud brick. There are a few stones and pebbles.
| 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: 671-672 Date: 1908
Author:
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308119
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:
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 110-111 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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