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McKay Feldspar Mine, Huntsville, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada

In pegmatite dyke cutting biotite gneiss.
"The deposit was worked in 1941 by F.C. Hammond and Allan McKay for feldspar which was obtained from a pit measuring about 8 m in diameter. A carload of feldspar was shipped."

Ref.:
Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.





Mineral List:
  • Albite
    var: Sunstone
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • Biotite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Magnetite
  • Quartz


    6 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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