Walton Barite Mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

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A barite mine and lead-zinc-silver-copper deposit. During its operation it was Canada's largest barite mine and one of the largest deposits in the world. The type locality for aplowite and moorhouseite. It was the first locality in Canada for penroseite, lavendulan, and metavoltine.

References

R.W. Boyle, "Geology of the Barite, Gypsum, Manganese, and Lead-Zinc-Copper-Silver Deposits of the Walton-Cheverie Area, Nova Scotia", GSC Paper 62-25, 1962.

R.W. Boyle, "Geology and Geochemistry of the Magnet Cove Barium-Lead-Zinc-Silver Deposit, Walton, Nova Scotia", Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 104-110, April 1962.

J.L. Jambor and R.W. Boyle, "Moorhouseite and Aplowite, New Cobalt Minerals from Walton, Nova Scotia", Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 8, pt. 2, pp. 166-171, 1965.

R.W. Boyle and J. L. Jambor "Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Origin of the Magnet Cove Barite-Sulphide Deposit, Walton, N.S.", Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin, vol. 59, no. 654, pp. 1209-1228, 1966.

H.H. Majmundar, "Ramsdellite and Groutite from Nova Scotia", Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 9, pp. 718-720, 1969.

R.W. Boyle, "The Geology, Geochemistry, and Origin of the Barite, Manganese, and Lead-Zinc-Copper-Silver Deposits of the Walton-Cheverie Area, Nova Scotia", Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 166, 1972.

J.H. Fowler, "Barite, Celestite and Fluorite in Nova Scotia", Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Minerals and Energy Branch, Information Circular ME 15, 1988.

Mineral List

Acanthite Aplowite (TL) Azurite Baryte Bornite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Clausthalite

Covellite Dolomite Erythrite Galena Gersdorffite Goethite Groutite Hausmannite Hematite Kaolinite Lavendulan

Limonite Malachite Manganite Marcasite Metavoltine Moorhouseite (TL) Pearceite Penroseite Proustite 'Psilomelane' Pyrite

Pyrite var: Bravoite var: Cobaltoan Pyrite var: Nickelian Pyrite Pyrolusite Quartz Siderite Sphalerite Stromeyerite Szomolnokite Tennantite

43 entries listed. 37 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).