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Record: MDI40J09SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Earl Lindsay - Tupperville N Clay Pit - 1981, Tupperville - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Oct-22
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Chatham

Latitude: 42° 36' 52.15"    Longitude: -82° 18' 17.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 392968.83   Northing: 4718830.84    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J09SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

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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
25MicaEconomicOre
30OrthoclaseEconomicOre
35PlagioclaseEconomicOre
40QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1981 0 MDI

References

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

Publication Number: TB51 Page: 27, 28  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: 7-44  Date: 1966

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

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 130  Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 166-168  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Location:


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