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Record: MDI31C15SE00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Oso - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-14
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Barite



Location

Township or Area: Oso

Latitude: 44° 48' 48.2"    Longitude: -76° 42' 36.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 364768.185   Northing: 4963643.477    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Point 1.75 km WSW of Oso.



Exploration History

c.1880 minor development work performed on a barite occurrence, no shipment of ore, (MBR #570).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BariteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Barium and strontium in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 570

Publication Number: CMB Pub 570 Page: 51  Date: 1922

Author: Spence, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307770


Mono - Barite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 26  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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