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Record: MDI41I04SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Birch Island - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1980-Apr-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Quartzite



Location

Township or Area: Wells Island Area

Latitude: 46° 4' 8.45"    Longitude: -81° 45' 53.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 440845.947   Northing: 5101999.72    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I04SW

Point Location Description: Pit

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

ROCK USES: IN 1967 A QUANTITY OF CLEAVED QUARTZITE WAS USED AS FLOORING IN MONTREAL'S METRO.




Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Bay of Islands, north channel of Lake Huron, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts

Publication Number: M2316 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1975

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the McGregor Bay-Bay of Islands area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin

Publication Number: R138 Scale:     Date: 1976

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of the Sudbury-Manitoulin area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin

Publication Number: R166 Scale:     Date: 1978

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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