Mine detail: Lake Ainslie Barite - Fluorite Veins

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.18322, -61.13242

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Strontium
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1890

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSW006975
DEP10105536
Reference{Deposit:: COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR: THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969 P. 59, 62.}{Deposit:: DOUGLAS, G.V., 1945, BARYTES AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS AT LAKE AINSLIE: NOVA SCOTIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPT. ON MINES, 1944, P. 132-151.}{Deposit:: POOLE, H.S., 1907, THE BARYTES DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE AND NORTH CHETICAMP, N.S.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NO. 953, 43 P.}{Deposit:: ZUROWSKI, M., 1972, BARITE - FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE: CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., DEC. 1972, VOL. 65, NO. 78, P. 60-63}{Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP N.S. DEPT. OF MINES. (G.V. DOUGLAS}{Production:: COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G.