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Besner Mine, Henvey Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

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Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.

In pegmatite dike.

"The deposit was worked for feldspar from 1926 to 1929 by Wanup Feldspar Mines Limited which shipped about 2268 t of feldspar. It was the largest feldspar operation in the district. The open-pit measures 46 m by 15 m and 9 m deep."

Yellow liquid oil and nodules of hardened oil were reported to occur in fracture zones in the pegmatite.




Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Marcasite2.EB.10a
    FeS
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Magnetite4.BB.05
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
  		• Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
      var: Chert4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
  		• Uraninite4.DL.05
    UO
     
    2
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Zippeite7.EC.05
    K
     
    4
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• Albite9.FA.35
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Beryl9.CJ.05
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
  		• Biotite9..
  		• Microcline9.FA.30
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Muscovite9.EC.15
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Titanite9.AG.15
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Zircon
    var: Cyrtolite    		9.AD.30
    Zr[(SiO
     
    4
    		),(OH)
     
    4
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• 'Albite-Anorthite Series'-
  		• 'Allanite'-
  		• 'Apatite'-
  		• 'Garnet Group'-
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
  		• 'Perthite'-
  		• 'Petroleum'-
  		• 'Pyrobitumen
    var: Thucholite'    		-


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