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Record: MDI40I15SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Deller Tile - Brownsville Clay Pit - 1981
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Oct-15
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Dereham

Latitude: 42° 51' 14.98"    Longitude: -80° 50' 22.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 513104.47   Northing: 4744632.14    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40I15SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH - WEST OXFORD, DEPOSIT: A SECOND PIT WAS OPENED IN 1961 IN L21 C12.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clay 1 Clay Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20DolomiteEconomicOre
25OrthoclaseEconomicOre
30PlagioclaseEconomicOre
35QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 8-44  Date: 1966

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

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


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

Publication Number: TB51 Date: 1963

Author: Wilson, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Page: 86-87  Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 143  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 140-141  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Clay and shale resources of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5134 Page: 165  Date: 1975

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology, Tillsonburg area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1214 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Barnett P.J., Girard C.K., Spratt G., Kmiecik C.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 72-76  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Quaternary geology of the Tillsonburg area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: R220 Page: 55-57  Date: 1982

Author: Barnett P.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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