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Record: MDI31G06SW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Domtar - 1991, Canada Brick - 2004
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Jun-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Russell

Latitude: 45° 18' .82"    Longitude: -75° 22' 5.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 471122.458   Northing: 5016368.852    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G06SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 3.1 km west of Brisson.



Exploration History

Plant built in 1912 had been in the Domtar group (originally Cooksville Company) since 1928. It was officially closed on January 1, 1965. (Guillet, 1967). During 2000, 74 883 t of material were extracted (OFR 6132, p2). 2002: Drill hole OGS 01-06 was cored from the top of the east wall of the Russell Quarry to a total depth of 60.97 m ( OFR 6094, p47).




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51

Publication Number: TB51 Page: 36  Date: 1963

Author: Wilson, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938


Publication - Ceramic clays and shales of Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Research Report R175

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 5, 11, 86, 90  Date: 1966

Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770


Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Page: 90  Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 166-167, 261  Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario

Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 51-52  Date: 1999

Author:

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Mono - Report of Activities 2003, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern Ontario Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre

Publication Number: OFR6132 Page: Date: 2004

Author: Sangster P.J., Farrow D.G., Papertzian V.C., Lee C.R., Barua M., Laidlaw D.A., Hemmings D., Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Data for the Comparative Resource Evaluation of Selected Shale Units, Southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR6094 Date: 2003

Author: Armstrong D.K., Sergerie P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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