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Record: MDI41G14NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cockburn Island - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-Jun-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Cockburn Island

Latitude: 45° 57' 10.86"    Longitude: -83° 18' 28.6"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 321140.901   Northing: 5091417.329    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41G14NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

PRODUCTION: USED IN SULPHITE PULP PROCESS BY LAKE SUPERIOR POWER CO. S. STE MARIE ONT., 1904, ANALYSIS: 4.5% INSOL., 0.5% FE AND AL2O3, 52.0% CACO3, 41% MGCO3 AND 2.0% UNKNOWN.




Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 317  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 114-115  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878


Part - The limestones of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV13-02 Page: 2, 13, 76, 79  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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