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Long Lake zinc mine, Parham

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
MarblesMarbles

Also reported: sphalerite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Small Frontenac zinc mine whose marble dumps carry bright orange calcite fluorescence

Documented field-trip site of eastern Ontario clubs.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open pit water, adits

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