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| Record Name(s) | Dresden Tile Yard - Main Clay Pit - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Oct-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Camden
Latitude: 42° 36' 38.87" Longitude: -82° 10' 35.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 403499 Northing: 4718266.82 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 40J09SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1946: Production began by L. McCaughrin. 1983: Production ended due to a surplus of tile inventory, citing the influence of plastic tiles. 2023: Site has an active aggregate permit licensed to 1230934 Ontario Limited.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Clay | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Mica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Orthoclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 35 | Plagioclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 40 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Lightweight concrete aggregates from clays and shales in Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB51
Publication Number: TB51 Page: 27 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: 7-78 Date: 1966
Author: Brady, J.G. and Dean, R.S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306770
Book - MNDM-SW DIST. 1983,RES. PROP. REPT
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Book - MNDM-SW DIST. COMPANY FILE
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario
Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 62-63 Date: 1998
Author: Guillet G.R.
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Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 130 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 144-145 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Thackeray and Elliott townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2368 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Geology and ceramic properties of selected shales and clays of southwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5583 Date: 1986
Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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