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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI40P08NW00003

Record: MDI40P08NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kitchener Brick Clay Pit 2 - 1984, Ott - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1984-Feb-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Clay



Location

Township or Area: Waterloo

Latitude: 43° 27' 5.77"    Longitude: -80° 26' 3.25"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 545775.45   Northing: 4811121.95    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 40P08NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

LOCATION: NOW PART OF A HOUSING SUBDIVISION, TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO.




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
1984 0 MDI

References

Part - Clay and the clay industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV15-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Baker M.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV39-04 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Montgomery R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Pleistocene geology of the Galt area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2029 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1998

Author: Karrow P.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: P2604 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1983

Author: Karrow P.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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