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Bisset Creek

CA / ON
•46.23331, -78.06634View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Bisset Creek is a mineral prospect in Ontario, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Graphite; logged ore minerals are Graphite. The site was discovered in 1984.

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Found Here

Graphite

Geology and deposit

Ore minerals
Graphite

Mining history

Status
Prospect
Discovered
1984

Records and references

Cited references

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, FILLERS AND EXTENDERS: NO. 269, P. 78. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 266, P. 9.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1987, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1986, V. 1, P. 459-469. EMR, 1987, MINERAL BULLETIN MR-213MINING JOURNAL, 1987, GRAPHITE DRAWS MORE INTEREST: MINING JOURNAL, V. 308, NO. 7919, P. 407. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1987, MORE ON PRINCETON GRAPHITE: NO. 234, P. 12. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1986, PRINCETON DEVELOPS FLAKE GRAPHTIE DEPOSIT: NO. 222, P. 10. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, P. 78; MINING JOURNAL, 1987, P. 407; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1987, P. 12; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1986, P. 10.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10096948 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 46.23331, -78.06634

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