Craigmont

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Corundum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023244
MRDS ID I000037
Record type Site
Current site name Craigmont

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.61633, 45.30554 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.61633, 45.30554

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cor-O-Tex Industrial Minerals
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Production

    CANADA DEPT. ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.