Cairns Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Pyroxene Group
Cairns Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Photo: Neuzil, M.

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Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.

In pegmatite dyke cutting amphibolite.

"The deposit was worked between 1920 and 1924 from a pit (15 m by 9 m and 8 m deep) by Messrs. Dillon and Mills, by the Feldspar Mines Corporation and P.J. Dwyer. Two carloads of feldspar were shipped from the deposit."

Mineral List

Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Bastnäsite'

'Hornblende'
Magnetite
Microcline

Pyrite
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Titanite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite

11 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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