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| Record Name(s) | Continental Brick and Tile- Shallow Lake - 1900, R. Casemore - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Aug-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Keppel
Latitude: 44° 33' 18.3" Longitude: -81° 5' 37.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 492559 Northing: 4933532 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 41A11SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Clay pits exhausted, production now from shale quarries at Owen Sound and Meaford.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Clay | Is |
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Feb 27, 2017 (A Wilson) - Red-brown weathered Queenston shale and grey Dundas shale were obtained locally.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 10 | MDI | Normal production was 130,000 brick and 125,000 tiles in a season of five months |
Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Wiarton area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2559 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Sharpe D.R., Jamieson G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - The Clay and Shale Industries of Ontario
Publication Number: NSP005 Page: 13-25 Date: 1987
Author: G. R. Guillet and I. H. Joyce
Publisher Name: MNR
Location: Southeastern Ontario
Part - The ceramic industry of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV39-04 Page: 120-121 Date: 1997
Author: Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC015 Page: 22-25 Date: 1977
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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