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Silver Crater Mine, Ontario

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Betafite, biotite, apatite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Grenville calcite vein-dike

Famous Bancroft-area locality for betafite and large biotite books, documented on mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old mine workings, radioactive betafite

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