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Quartz from
Dunbrack mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:Drusy crystals
Colour:White, dark brown, colorless
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite1 photo of Quartz associated with Malachite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality.
Langite1 photo of Quartz associated with Langite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunbrack mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:164336
Long-form Identifier:1:3:164336:7
GUID (UUID V4):f5b0830a-2315-4cbf-b250-fa48faaf84ba
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.9km (5.5 miles) Lake Catcha gold district, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
15.9km (9.9 miles) Lake Charlotte mines, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
26.4km (16.4 miles) Moose River gold mines, Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
26.6km (16.5 miles) Oldham gold district, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
28.1km (17.5 miles) Montague gold district, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
32.9km (20.5 miles) Hall Road, Waverley, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
33.1km (20.6 miles) Caribou gold district, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
33.3km (20.7 miles) Fall River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
33.8km (21.0 miles) Fall River scheelite mine, Waverley, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
38.1km (23.7 miles) Tangier mines, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
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NovaScotia,Canada DANIEL J. KONTAK, NovaScotiaDepartmentof Natural Resources, P.O. Box698, Halifax, NovaScotia...The GaysRiverZn-Pbdepositof southernNovaScotia,Canada,represents an exampleof MississippiValley-type...KontakandJackson,1993; Kontaket al., 1993). Al- Canada,and locally reefs (GaysRiver Formation; though...southernNova Scotia). niquesused(seebelow).However,the presenceof a basalbrecciaunit within the mine stratigraphyconGeologyof...MacumberFormations werepervasively dolomitized compositon (Halifax Formation). The Megurea by marinefluidsduringthe
Report (issue)
Right: ' Native gold, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Specimen measures 18 mm from top to... Arsenopyrite crystal, Goldenville Mine, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Crystal measures ! 6 mm from top to...Photo by H. Gary Ansell. Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 51 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR...FOR THE COLLECTOR ., '1'· Northeastern Nova Scotia~~·Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island Ann...Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada 1994 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents
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An Introduction to Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19...VAN DOMMELEN 1750B Cambridge Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4A9 dommelen@dal.ca TERRY COLLETT...COLLETT 26 Gourok Avenue Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2X 2B3 terry.collett@ns.sympatico.ca Except as noted...the authors’ collections. T he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources...and barite. The first gold rush in Canada took place in Nova Scotia in the 1860s, thirty years before
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1 .,'.. ... \1 ;"1\ .- " GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA Reprinted from Memoir 156, a compilation byW...mail from Information Canada, Ottawa, KIA OS9 from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa...Ottawa, KIA OE8 and Information Canada bookshops in HALIFAX - 1683 Barrington Street MONTREAL - 640 St. Catherine...for reference in public libraries across Canada Price - Canada: $5.00 Other Countries: $6.00 Catalogue...Information Canada Ottawa 1929 Reprinted 1976 FOREWORD A renewed interest in the gold deposits of Nova Scotia
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AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: NORTHEASTERN NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON, AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Report...SURVEY OF CANADA PAPER 65-10 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: NORTHEASTERN NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON...Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price 75 cents Cat. No. M44-65/10 Price ,yubject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1965 - iii ' - CONTENTS Page Abstract . . .
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GRANITIC ENVIRONMENTS IN NOVA SCOTIA AND PERU DANIEL J. KONTAK§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources...Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada ABSTRACT The bulk composition of fluid inclusions...the method, three granitic environments, in Nova Scotia and in Peru, were chosen, two mineralized (Sn...mounds, granites, pegmatites, tin mineralization. Nova Scotia, Peru. SOMMAIRE La composition globale de la...approach is tested here in case studies from Nova Scotia and Peru. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The decrepitate
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Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
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in the 380 Ma South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada: evidence for multiple fluid reservoirs Daniel...of sheeted quartz veins cutting 380 Ma monzogranite at Sandwich Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, provide an...genesis of intrusion-related gold deposits. The quartz veins, locally with arsenopyrite (≤5%) and elevated...sheeted veins containing coarse, comb-textured quartz extend into a pegmatite zone; (3) arsenopyrite-bearing...dominated by F-rich muscovite occur adjacent the quartz veins; and (4) vein and greisen formation is consistent
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NEW ROSS AREA, SOUTH MOUNTAIN BATHOLITH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE RESERVOIRS SARAH CARRUZZO...Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada DANIEL J. KONTAK§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural...Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada D. BARRIE CLARKE Department of Earth...Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada T. KURTIS KYSER Department of Geological...Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada ABSTRACT Granitic rocks in the New Ross area, Nova Scotia, host polymetallic
Report (Issue volume)
Volume III NEW BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS...MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735 Barrington...equipment 5 • Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets 7 • Abbreviations used...used in references 11 • NEW BRUNSWICK 31 • NOV A SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 67 • NEWFOUNDLAND 89
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QUINTIN WIGHT 525 Fielding Drive Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1V 7G7 qwight@sympatico.ca Micromounting Downloaded...popular articles on California localities. He was a co-organizer of the Pacific Micromount Conference and...discussed a variety of localities, including the Newry mine and Mount Mica in Maine, the Palermo and Ruggles...second topic was on the Microminerals of the Palabora Mine, South Africa. The minerals of this locality are...the rarer elements in their composition. The huge mine boasts at least sixty mineral species. Finally,
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cookrob@auburn.edu Linarite Mammoth–St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona O f the blue minerals...several Maine occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where it was found...Jones mine at Garland (King and Foord 1994). It is known in microcrystals from the Mascot mine (Graham...(Graham or Galena King mine), Coos County, and Mineral Hill near Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire...rare accessory mineral in the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, and in the zinc ores at
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WITH POSITIVE MOTION AIR VALVES. 14 x 22 in Canada. STEAM AIR COMPRESSOR. The fourth Machine of...distributing points in Canada. all ING-EHSOLL HOCK DRILL BACON'S REVERSIBLE CO., N. J. Buena Pe Sampling...Liberty Street, New JENCKES MACHINE CO., for the Dominion Canada. Slierbrooke, Que,, Manufacturers Reterences-G...Nkholls & Co., Capelton ; York. of Mines; American Asbestos Co., Black Lake; United Asbestos Co., Black...Black Lake; Dominion Phosphate Co., Montreal Bells Asbestos Co., Thetford : THE CANADIAN MINING \N1)
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St. 73 Victoria St. COBALT, opp. Right of Way Mine WINNIPEG, 259-261 Stanley St. CALGARY, VANCOUVER...CAPACITIES. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. The John McDougall Caledonian Iron Works Co. LIMITED Works: 512 William...answering Advertisements please mention NELSON, P. 0. CO. B. C. Box 73 The Canadian Mining Jouknal I ...JTOtJUNAfi. SPEED Dominion Coal Company Limited Nova Scotia Glace Bay A Yearly Output 3,500,000 Tons ...running Model 10 at the Offices Dominion Coal Co., Limited, Glace Bay, N. Smith Premier S. or at
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SQUARE, MONTREAL. ALL Sole Agents, HALIFAX MOTEL, HALIFAX. K.I3XJIDS 632 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER...MANUFACTURED BY * THE CUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER office MFC. CO. OF TORONTO 6U 63 FRONTS 7 WEST TORONTO. FACTORIES...DATA AND ESTIMATES."®* INCERSOLL ROCK DRILL CO. OF CANADA 164 ST. JAMES STREET WEST, MONTREAL, CAN. ...GRIFFIN MILL The Only Perfect Pulverizer OF OF QUARTZ, PHOSPHATE GOLD ROCK, OR SILVER FOUNDRY ORES...Rock, 1£ to 2 tons per hour on Portland Cement, Quartz or Ores, depending on hardness of material to be
Report (volume)
Flysch sedimentology in North America: Geol. Assoc. Canada Spec. Paper 7, p. 53-65, illus., 1970. 08211 Aamot...scheme for seven major elements [with French abs.]: Canada Geol. Survey Paper 70-23, 20 p., tables, 1970....inclusion piezothermometry, experimental calibration of quartz-almandine and sillimanite-almandine [abs.]: Geol...Amsterdam, London, New York, Elsevier Publishing Co., 295 p., illus., tables, 1970. 06266 Adams, John...1970. 04915 Addle, George G. The Reeves MacDonald mine, Nelway, British Columbia, [Chap.] 7 in Lead-zinc
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Geography, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Am. Antiquity- American Antiquity. Society for...Arctic Institute of North America. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Washington, D. C. Arctic Anthropology- Arctic...North America Research Paper. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Washington, D. C. IX BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH...Resources Annual Report. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Dept. Mines and Petroleum Resources...Mines and Petroleum Resources Bulletin. Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Victoria, British British Columbia
Report (edition)
COVER: High grade gold specimen from the San Antonio Mine, Bissett, Manitoba. It measures 24x20x5 cm and contains...the San Antonio Mine area 21 Figure 12 Geological cross section of the San Antonio Mine area 21 Figure...Figure 13 Composite level plan of the San Antonio Mine showing '16 type' shear veins and '38 type' stockwork...7th level, San Antonio Mine 22 Figure 15 Geology of the Central Manitoba Mine area 27 Figure 16 Geology...Geology of the Gunnar Mine area 28 iv Figure 17 Longitudinal section of the Gunnar Mine 29 Figure 18
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEV OF CANADA COMMISSION GEOLOGIQUE DU CANADA CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS Revised 1980... Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1983 Available i n Canada through authorized bookstore agents...and Services Canada Hull, QuCbec, Canada K I A OS9 and from Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street...Street Ottawa, Canada K 1A OE8 A deposit copy of this publication is also available for reference in public...public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M44-801 l8E Canada: $10.00 ISBN 0-660-11271-6 Other countries:
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ltems .. . ......... 33 Infant dining chaIr, SmIth &Co. 'so 182 Agrtcultural Agricultural patents for 1870...s 1:E�� ::lJ�ro� �gv��ing coi-cis;·etc. ��� Q e Quartz crusher, Varney & RIX'S ... 83 ig�:�:��: �g� ������o��...Caustlc, convenient mode of us I Cav �rri· tho miii Co:: GeOrgla' :::: li� CeIling for stages.... . ......... 85 CooperatIve buttermakmg.... 273 V e l I I CO °8 - �ft;a �t�es���� ��� �� . � ��: 339 Cop ymg Ink...JI�\rt1Ol d tlteam bOIler InspectIOn and InsUl ance Co. , 34, \12� \�� , , 362 Harvester bInder . . ...
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prediction theory: A case study of the Lala Copper Mine, Sichuan, China. J. Earth Sci. 2021, 32, 348–357...around the Huritz Group and Nueltin Suite, Nunavut, Canada. Nat. Resour. Res. 2016, 25, 125–143. [CrossRef]...Evolutionary Computation Conference, Montréal, Canada, 8–12 July 2009; pp. 3381–3412. Najafabadi, M.M...overview with new zircon U–Pb geochronology data on quartz porphyries. J. Asian Earth Sci. 2014, 79, 161–172...Society of Economic Geologists, Inc.: Littleton, CO, USA, 2014; Volume 18, pp. 153–175. 134. McCuaig
Book
Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...Pezzotta and Zorzi (2008). ILMENITE UNITED STATES and CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Ice River complex. The Ice River...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's
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Mines, Ltd., company report Abosso mine. West Africa Acacia Mining Co., Colorado 270, Editorial. Accident...prevention . . . Queen Co.'s mine, Arizona Accident Gold Mining Co., Subil mine, French Gulch, Rules,...Accidents, coal-mine in United States Compensation for Workingmen's compensation Acid mine water Acidity...Editorial. Tramway, one-rope Tramway, Saline Valley Salt Co., California . . . . . . Aerolites Africa,...On fissure veins i Ahmeek Copper Mining . . . Co., . .F. . . 620 386 366 1 978 382 41 210 876
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LAJOIE, University of Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada FRED T . MACKENz11:., Northwestern University,...Texas. Austin, Texas DoNALD E. OwEN, Cities Service Co. , Tulsa, Oklahoma M. DANE P1CAkO, University of...NAHUM ScttNEIDERMAr,N, Gulf Research and Development Co .. Houston, Texas CHARLOTT!:., ScHR1:.1eiaR, Queens...9sections are sparse, angular grains of detrital quartz, commonly showing planar edges intersecting at...become common. ognizable grain ghosts, which include quartz and feldspar phenocrysts, microlites, and shards;
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(University of Oslo); Hans Trettin (Geological Survey of Canada); and my late husband, Norman Grant. Each of them...rocks form (exposed in West Greenland, northern Canada) dest surviving crystals form (Australia) Moon...blackout that hobbled the eastern United States and Canada in the summer of 2003 also illustrates how difficult...areas—shed during each pulse of mountain building. The quartz-pebble pudding stones (conglomerates) of the Catskill...sandstone consists mainly of the mineral quartz, not because quartz is the dominant mineral in crustal rocks
 
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