Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Becketts Creek - 1990, Cumberland - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Cumberland
Latitude: 45° 31' 17.18" Longitude: -75° 21' 33.78"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 471933.279 Northing: 5040941.028 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G11SW
Point Location Description: Point where Beckett's Creek and Hwy 17 intersect.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Clay exposed in the banks of a gulley under Hyw 17, 1.5 ml E of Cumberland.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Sample # 149 from a 15 ft cut. It expanded 35 % when fired in a rotary kiln at 2,000-2,025 degrees - showing promise of being suitable for this process.
Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51
Publication Number: TB51 Scale: Date: 1963
Author: Wilson, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299938
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