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Record: MDI40J16NE00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canada Cement Lafarge Kettle Point Shale - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-18
Date Last Modified 2022-May-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Plympton

Latitude: 42° 57' 12.7"    Longitude: -82° 0' 37.85"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 417572.43   Northing: 4756149.34    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40J16NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

KETTLE POINT THICKNESS: 15.41 TO 21.87 M.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ClayEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre
15ChloriteEconomicOre
20QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geology, Toronto-Windsor area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1263A

Publication Number: GSC Map 1263A Scale: 1:250,000    Date: 1969

Author: Sanford, B V

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109120


Book - MNDM-SW DISTRICT RES. PROP. REPT.

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

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

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 5-68  Date: 1966

Author: Brady, J G; Dean, R S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 35-37  Date: 1977

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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