Mine detail: Lake Ainslie Barite - Fluorite Veins

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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.18322, -61.13242
dep_id: 10105536
mrds_id: W006975
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Strontium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff
arock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1890
disc_yr: 1890
References:
  • 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.
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