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| Record Name(s) | Elliott's Brickyard - 1901 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Korah
Latitude: 46° 32' 37.26" Longitude: -84° 21' 26.9"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 702599.998 Northing: 5157850.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41K09SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: North of Rossmore Road west of Peoples Road.
1901-1968: seasonal operation; production of apprxomately 800,000 bricks and 75,000 drain tile produced annually.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KORAH 0010-A1 | 41K09SW9502 | 41K09SW9502 |
Province: Southern
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Nov 14, 2008 (A Wilson) - A terrace marks the shoreline of an early, high level stage of Lake Superior. Red-brown stratified clays cut into the terrace that was deposited by ancestral Lake Algonquin during the final retreat of the glaciers in late Wisconian time. There is a furnace and a mill on the property. The brickyard operated seasonally from 1901 and closed in 1968.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Host |
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Nov 14, 2008 (A Wilson) - Clay was recovered from two pits, one in Lake Algonquin clay at the top of the terrace and on 800 feet to the west in recent clay on the flood plain. The clay pit was reportedly only 5 feet deep. The clay was mixed with local sand.
Map - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1412A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1978
Author: Hay, R E; Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109093
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 - Geology, Sault Ste Marie-Ile Parisienne, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1181A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1964
Author: Hay, R E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107614
Part - Sault Ste. Marie area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV35-02.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: McConnell R.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Sudbury District
Publication Number: MP024.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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 - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
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