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Record: MDI31C09SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Opinicon Lake - 1982, A. Cowan - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1982-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2022-May-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 32' 38.21"    Longitude: -76° 20' 36.9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 393268.163   Northing: 4933168.654    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SW

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' Ap ' on S shore of W 1/2 of Opinicon Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Phosphate in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication no. 396

Publication Number: CMB Pub 396 Page: 44, Figure 8  Date: 1920

Author: Spence, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296315


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 10  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 28  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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