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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.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Allanite'
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Perthite'
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  'Petroleum'
    Reference: [Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World]
  		•  'Pyrobitumen
    var: Thucholite'
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Chert
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]
  		•  Zippeite
    K
     
    4
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Can Min 14:429-436]
  		•  Zircon
    var: Cyrtolite
    Zr[(SiO
     
    4
    		),(OH)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Geological survey of canada misc report 39]


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