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Record: MDI31G10SE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Steele - 2001, Potter - 2001, Resbeck - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1993-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: West Hawkesbury

Latitude: 45° 32' 10.04"    Longitude: -74° 38' 20.75"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 528178.097   Northing: 5042572.869    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G10SE

Point Location Description: Point at Vankleek Hill Station, lot 10, con 4.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1850-1930+ : E.G. Steele operated 2 brick yards - the Potter (from c1850) on the CNR in lots 9/10, con 4; the Resbeck (date unknown) on the CPR in lot 2 (?), con 4. Both produced about 1 million red soft-mud bricks, in a 4 month season, in 1930.




Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The Potter pit contained 3 ft of loam and 3 ft of strong clay, overlying gravel. The top 6 ft was blended.




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

Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 79  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 152  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Preliminary report on the clay and shale deposits of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 142

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 142 Page: 59  Date: 1924

Author: Keele, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100854


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