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Desmont Mine (Homer Yellowknife prospect), Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

In calcite, granite pegmatite, and crystalline limestone.

The deposit was explored for uranium mineralization in 1954 and 1955 by Desmont Mining Corporation, Limited.

The deposit is exposed by pits, strippings, & trenches extending over a distance of 1150 meters.

Ref:
Sabina, A.P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13 (4), 225





Mineral List:
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
'Amphibole Group'
'Ancylite'
'Apatite'
Calcite
Chondrodite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Edenite
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Magnetite
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Perrierite-(Ce)
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

'Scapolite'
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Stillwellite-(Ce)
Sulphur
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite

Titanite
'Tourmaline'


32 entries listed. 19 valid minerals.

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