Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kapuskasing Clay - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Owens
Latitude: 49° 21' 42.32" Longitude: -82° 29' 5.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 392187.6 Northing: 5468731.95 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G08NW
Point Location Description: clay collection site southwest of Kapuskasing
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Opatica
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Is |
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Aug 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - A recent clay, reworked from the glacial deposits of the region, has been deposited in the valley of the Kapuskasing River and now forms the banks of the present river in certain areas. One exposure in the west bank was sampled at a point 3 km (2 miles) southwest of Kapuskasing. The lower 2 m (6 feet) to river level was unexposed, and the following sample represents the rest of the 4 m (13 feet) bank.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Aug 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Sample 62-538: A 2 m (7 feet) section consisting of a lower l m (3 feet) unit of massive, tough, blocky, plastic brown clay with minor rusty mottlings and rare pebbles, overlain by 1.2 m (4 feet) of coarsely stratified buff-brown silt in layers 7.5-15 cm (3-6 inches) thick alternating with brown clay in layers 2.5-7.5 cm (1-3 inches) thick. Silt becomes more predominant towards the top before grading into a few inches of clay-loam topsoil.
Map - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: M2358 Scale: 1:2,000,000 Date: 1976
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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MonoMap - Clay and shale deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC015 Scale: Date: 1977
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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