Latitude: 44°6'11"N
Longitude: 65°40'51"W
Operated 1985 to 1992. Open pit, low grade tin mine. When operating, it was the largest primary tin mine in North America. Now being reclaimed.
Currently (2009) owned by Avalon Rare Metals Inc.
Mineral List
50 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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References
J.M. Richardson, et. al., "Mcauslanite, a Supergene Hydrated Iron Aluminum Fluorophosphate from the East Kemptville Tin Mine, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia", Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 26, pg. 917-921, 1988.
J.M. Richardson, E.T. Spooner, and D.A. McAuslan, "The East Kemptville Tin Deposit, Nova Scotia: An Example of a Large Tonnage, Low Grade, Greisen-Hosted Deposit in the Endocontact Zone of a Granite Batholith", Current Research, Part B, Geo. Surv. Can., Paper 82-1B, pg. 27-32, 1982.
J.A. Mandarino, J.M.G. Richardson, P.J. Dunn, E.T.C. Spooner, "Triplite from East Kemptville, Nova Scotia", Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 48, pp. 142-3, March 1984.
Econ Geol (1996) 91:368-385
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