Alberta Diamond Occurrences Dataset

Publication Type
Data
Published Date
Topic
Mineral Resources
Publication ID
DIG 2007-0009
Publication ID Extended
Digital Data 2007-0009
Publication
Abstract
 

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.

Place Keywords
alberta, canada
Place Keywords NTS
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
Theme Keywords
abandoned mines, alluvium, diamond, geology, kimberlite, strip mining, ultramafics, minerals