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Record: MDI41A10SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Continental Brick Owen Sound Quarry - 1900, Owen Sound Brick - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1990-Dec-18
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Shale (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Sydenham

Latitude: 44° 35' 6.5"    Longitude: -80° 55' 47.82"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 505560.82   Northing: 4936868.8    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 41A10SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Clayey Siltstone 1 Shale Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - Red-brown weathered Queenston shale and grey Dundas shale are obtained locally. The results of chemical, mineralological and ceramic testing of small bulks sample taken from stockpiles of the materials at the plant.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ClayEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3ChloriteEconomicOre
4DolomiteEconomicOre
5QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1990 1000 MDI The production was about 800,000 tiles in sizes of 4 to 10 inches during the 6 or 7 month working season. EXHAUSTED

References

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

Publication Number: CMB RR R175 Page: 5-75  Date: 1966

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

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

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


Map - Geology, Owen Sound, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 21-1965 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1966

Author: Caley, J F; Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108584


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

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Southeastern Ontario


MonoMap - The clay products industry of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR022 Page: 68-69  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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