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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-Anorthite Series'
    Colour: white
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  • Biotite
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  • 'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  • Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    Fe
    3+
    2
    O
     
    4
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  • Microcline
    var: Sunstone
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]
  • Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.]


    6 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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