Lake Ainslie Barite - Fluorite Veins
About this location
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Rhyolite
- Associated rock
- Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff — Rhyolite
- Orebody form
- LINEAR
Fault Control
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Discovered
- 1890
- First production
- 1890
Records and references
COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR: THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969 P. 59, 62. DOUGLAS, G.V., 1945, BARYTES AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS AT LAKE AINSLIE: NOVA SCOTIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPT. ON MINES, 1944, P. 132-151. POOLE, H.S., 1907, THE BARYTES DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE AND NORTH CHETICAMP, N.S.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NO. 953, 43 P. ZUROWSKI, M., 1972, BARITE - FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE: CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., DEC. 1972, VOL. 65, NO. 78, P. 60-631944 GEOLMAP N.S. DEPT. OF MINES. (G.V. DOUGLASCOTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10105536 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 46.18322, -61.13242
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Recommended Gear
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Watertight Medical Kit
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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