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Alberta Diamond Occurrences Dataset

Description

The first clue to the presence of possible diamond-bearing source rocks in northern Alberta was the discovery of a perfect octahedral diamond, estimated at about 0.83 carats in weight, by farm worker Einar Opdahl during 1958 in the Evansburg area of west-central Alberta. Since the Opdahl diamond, no new diamond finds were reported in northern Alberta until the 1990s, when several occurrences of alluvial diamond and diamondiferous kimberlite were discovered.

Updated

March 29, 2016

Tags
72E 72L 72M 73D 73E 73L 73M 74D 74E 82G 82H 82I 82J 82O 82P 83A 83B 83G 83H 83I 83J 83O 83P 84A 84B 84G 84H ABANDONED-MINES ALBERTA ALLUVIUM CANADA DIAMOND GEOLOGY GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION KIMBERLITE STRIP-MINING ULTRAMAFICS

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

Alberta Diamond Occurrences Dataset

Date Modified

2016-03-29

Update Frequency

Every 2 months

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Alberta Energy Regulator

Subject Information

Start Date

1958-01-01

End Date

2006-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2007-01-01

Date Added to catalogue

2020-04-30T03:29:57.416189

Date Issued

2007-01-01

Date Modified

2016-03-29

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Email

AGS-Info@aer.ca