Craigmont

CA / ON

•45.30554, -77.61633View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Craigmont is a historic mining site in Ontario, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Syenite. Reported specimens include Corundum; logged ore minerals are Corundum. The site was discovered in 1899.

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Found Here

Corundum

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Syenite

Ore minerals

Corundum

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1899

Records and references

Cited references

CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1983: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN 198, 308 P. STOREY, C.C., AND VOS, M.A., 1981, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF THE PEMBROKE-RENFREW AREA, PART 2: ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL DEPOSITS CIRCULAR 22, 214 P. CANADA DEPT. ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1984.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10023244 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 45.30554, -77.61633

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