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Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [various added photos]
    Site Photo
    Dyno Turn Actinolite, Cardiff, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Albite
    var: Peristerite
    Reference: []
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Allanite'
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  'Amphibole Group'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Canada Radium Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  'Ancylite'
    Colour: light yellow
    Description: Associated with stillwellite and hydroxylbastnaesite.
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Annite
    KFe
    2+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Anorthite
    var: Bytownite
    (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Antozonite'
    Reference: [International Geological Congress Guidebook for Field Excursion A47 -C47.]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Liscombe Apatite occurrence, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Michael C. Roarke
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Alan Goldstein
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Collection of Michal Adamowicz.]
    Site Photo
    Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Charles Creekmur
  		•  Bakerite
    Ca
     
    4
    		B
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|HBO
     
    4
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 89:5-6 pp 767-776]
  		•  'Bastnäsite'
    Reference: [Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Betafite
    (Ca,U)
     
    2
    		(Ti,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH)
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    West Lake Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Neuzil, M.
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Saranac Mine (Zircon and Pegmatite Showings), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M. Adamowicz
  		•  Cancrinite
    Na
     
    6
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [catalogue of canadian minerals by r. j. traill]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Chamosite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [catalogue of canadian minerals by r. j. traill]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Chondrodite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Colour: orange
    Fluorescence: yellow/orange
    Reference: [Schroetter, Ralph. The Bancroft & Area Mineral Collectors Guide. Cradiff Uranium Mine, mineral list. ]
    Site Photo
    Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Chrysotile
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
    Habit: euhedral xls
    Colour: emerald green
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
    Site Photo
    Clark Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Colour: black
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Highland Grove, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © D.K.Joyce
  		•  Datolite
    CaB[OH|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [geological survey of canada misc report 39; geological survey of canada economic geology report 29]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 89:5-6 pp 767-776]
    Site Photo
    Harcourt Park Road, Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © David K. Joyce
  		•  'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
    Reference: [Van King]
  		•  Edenite
    Na[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Harvard Museum specimen no. 119146]
    Site Photo
    Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © John Sobolewksi
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Habit: as unakite admixture
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Euxenite-(Y)
    (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Colour: pink
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
    Site Photo
    West Lake Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  'Fergusonite'
    Reference: [geological survey of canada misc report 39; geological survey of canada economic geology report 29]
  		•  Fergusonite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd)NbO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Ferrohornblende
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Al][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [www.John Betts.com]
  		•  Fluoborite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    3
    		|BO
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: hexagonal prsims to 2mm in diameter & irregular masses
    Colour: colorless to light pink
    Reference: [Sabina, A. P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13, 223-228]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    West Lake Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Neuzil. M
  		•  Fluorite
    var: Stink-fluss
    Reference: [Pegmatite Minerals of Ontario and Quebec by Hugh Spence]
    Site Photo
    Tripp Mine (Nu-Age Mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Maggie Wislon
  		•  Fluor-magnesiokatophorite
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    4
    		(Al,Fe)][F
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [F.C. Hawthorne, R. Oberti and R.F. Martin (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179.]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Tim Jokela
  		•  Fluororichterite
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    5
    		][(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [F.C. Hawthorne, R. Oberti and R.F. Martin (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179.]
    Site Photo
    Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Fluorotremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][F
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [F.C. Hawthorne, R. Oberti and R.F. Martin (2006) Short-range order in amphiboles from the Bear Lake diggings, Ontario. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1171-1179.]
  		•  Fergusonite-(Y)
    YNbO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Grace Lake Roadcut, Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © John Jaszczak
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Hornblende'
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © A. Steinburg
  		•  Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La)[(OH,F)|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Sabina, A.P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13 (4), 225]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Kainosite-(Y)
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Y,Ce)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		CO
     
    3
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Kasolite
    Pb(UO
     
    2
    		)[SiO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Katophorite
    Na[CaNa][Fe
    2+
    4
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Colour: black
    Reference: [Positively identified by a geologist at the Bancroft Rockhound Gamboreen, in the collection of M. Adamowicz ]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  'K Feldspar'
    Colour: grey
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  		•  'Lepidomelane'
    Reference: []
  		•  Magnesiokatophorite
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    4
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)][(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    7
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [David K. Joyce specimen]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © David K. Joyce
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Marialite
    Na
     
    4
    		[Cl|(AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.
  		•  Meionite
    Ca
     
    4
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|(Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Van King]
    Site Photo
    Gooderham, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Melanocerite-(Ce)
    (Ce,Ca)
     
    5
    		(Si,B)
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH,F)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
    Site Photo
    Richardson Mine (Fission Mine), Wilberforce, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Arliguie M
  		•  Metatorbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 992.]
  		•  'Mica Group'
    Colour: black/brown
    Fluorescence: none
    Description: Large samples of about 10 & above cm can still be found, but smaller samples around 5 cm are more common. They are usually fragments not entire crystal books, which are rare.
    Reference: [Sabina, Anne P. Rocks & Minerals for the Collector. page 70, Cardiff Uranium Mine, mineral list. ]
    Site Photo
    Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    West Lake Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Neuzil, M.
  		•  Microcline
    var: Sunstone
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Survey 39.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Saranac Mine (Zircon and Pegmatite Showings), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M. Adamowicz
  		•  'Monazite'
    Colour: orange-red
    Description: small xls on apatite.
    Reference: [Bancroft and District Mineral Collecting Guidebook]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Nepheline
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Nioboaeschynite-(Y) (TL)
    (Y,Ca,Ce,Nd,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)
     
    2
    		(O,OH)
     
    6
    Type Locality: Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    Reference: [Can.Min. 46,395(2008)]
  		•  Norbergite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Sabina, A. P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13, 223-228]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Ann P. Sabina, Rocks & Minerals for the Collector: Geoligical Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39. Page 83.]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Habit: xls
    Colour: colorless
    Description: In calcite.
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  		•  Perrierite-(Ce)
    Ce
     
    4
    		MgFe
    3+
    2
    		Ti
    4+
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		(Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		)
     
    2
    Habit: plates and irregular masses up to 2 mm
    Colour: reddish brown to dark brown
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Polycrase-(Y)
    (Y,U)(Ti,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Desmont Mine (Homer Yellowknife prospect), Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Neuzil, M.
  		•  Pyrochlore
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Nb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  'Pyroxene Group'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Schickler Fluorite occurrence, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Andrew Johns 09
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Millar's Mine, Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ref.: Goelogical Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Desmont Mine (Homer Yellowknife prospect), Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  'Scapolite'
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Scapolite
    var: Wernerite
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sepiolite
    Mg
     
    4
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Sabina, A. P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13, 223-228]
  		•  'Serpentine Group'
    D
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		](OH)4 + or - nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
    Site Photo
    Desmont Mine (Homer Yellowknife prospect), Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Sodalite
    Na
     
    8
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		]
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Stillwellite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO
     
    5
    Habit: hexagonal tabular crystals (up to 4-5 mm) and lenticular or irregular masses
    Colour: maroon-red, brownish red to brown, pink or grey; smooth to porcelain-like texture. Generally opaque with waxy to resinous lustre but also may almost be transparent and resemble titanite
    Description: Generally as partial crusts on smoky quartz and clinopyroxene
    Reference: [ Sabina, A.P. (1982): Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area. Mineralogical Record 13 (4), 225 ;Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
  		•  Sulphur
    S
     
    8
    Habit: admixed with pyrite
    Colour: black
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tengerite-(Y)
    Y
     
    2
    		[CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 2-3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Thorianite
    ThO
     
    2
    Colour: black
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
    Site Photo
    Wilberforce, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2008 Jesse Crawford
  		•  Thorite
    (Th,U)[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Can.Min. 46,395(2008)]
    Site Photo
    Kemp prospect (Kemp property; Kemp uranium mine), Cheddar, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Thorite
    var: Uranothorite
    (Th,U)SiO
     
    4
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Kemp prospect (Kemp property; Kemp uranium mine), Cheddar, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Thorogummite
    (Th,U)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Habit: earthy
    Colour: greyish-white
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Tremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Harcourt, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Tritomite-(Y) (TL)
    (Y,Ca,La,Fe)
     
    5
    		(Si,B,Al)
     
    3
    		(O,OH,F)
     
    13
    Type Locality: Unnamed prospect pit, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576-581.]
  		•  Umangite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Se
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Cardiff Uranium Mine, Wilberforce area, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © 2001 John H. Betts
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [GSC misc report 39]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: Anatase and Umangite occur strictly as grains. Garnet, Sillimanite, Scapolite, Tourmaline, and Graphite occur in gniess wall-rock. The rest of the minerals occur in pegmatite.
    Reference: [GSC Report 39]
    Site Photo
    Saranac Mine (Zircon and Pegmatite Showings), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
    © M.Adamowicz
  		•  Zircon
    var: Cyrtolite
    Zr[(SiO
     
    4
    		),(OH)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]


    117 entries listed. 80 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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          • Cardiff
          • Cheddar
          • Hall Lake
          • Harcourt
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          • Essonville

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