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Magnetite from
Digby, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Digby, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:890827
Long-form Identifier:1:3:890827:8
GUID (UUID V4):29362a57-deff-421a-806c-d44b48bd2074
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
29.7km (18.4 miles) ⓘDigby Neck, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘMink Cove, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘHampton, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘGate's Mountain, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
86.4km (53.7 miles) ⓘEagle Lake Granite, Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada
93.9km (58.3 miles) ⓘPlymouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HISTORY OF THE JURASSIC NORTH MOUNTAIN BASALT, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. I. TEXTURAL AND CHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR PERVASIVE...J. KONTAK§ Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T9, Canada...2C6, Canada JAROSLAV DOSTAL Department of Geology, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3...3C3, Canada ABSTRACT The Jurassic (201 Ma) quartz-normative continental tholeiitic basalts of the North...Mountain Basalt (NMB) Formation of southern Nova Scotia, Canada, record evidence of pervasive silicate-liquid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Island. In either the dike, or the basalt flow, magnetite has been mined near Lower Economy. The final exposure...localities are described by H. Fletcher, Geol. Surv. Canada, Ann. Rept., V (1892), I42-43 P. THE ACADIAN... Bailey, "Geology of Southwestern Nova Scotia," Geol. Surv. Canada, Ann. Rept., IX (1898), 128 M. THE..."Fossils in the Boulder-Clay of Kings County, Nova Scotia," Trans. N.S. Inst. Sci., X (1901), 376-78. ..."Records of Post-Triassic Changes in Kings County, Nova Scotia," ibid., X from area FIc.south. Summit (1900)
Report (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pa. Triassic Sedimentation, Maritime Provinces, Canada Abstract: The Triassic rocks of the Canadian Maritime...Formation; a lacustrine complex is represented by the Digby Facies of the Blomidon Formation (deposited within...southern New Brunswick and western and central Nova Scotia showing distribution of Triassic rocks 1128 2...of Wolfville and Blomidon formations, western Nova Scotia 1132 3. Sandstone composition, Wolfville Formation...southern New Brunswick and western and central Nova Scotia 1140 8. Map showing mean azimuth directions of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation is preserved in synclines (Fig. 29), and at Digby Gut, where a long syncline is shown at Victoria...dipping at a low angle northwest. The offsets are at Digby Gut, Bay View, Gulliver's Cove, Petit Passage, Grand...accompanying general map of the region. The offset at Digby Gut is shown on Fig. 30, and that southwest of Brier...south of Bay View, and the more rapid erosion in Digby Gut caused the abandonment of the Bay View and Parker..."Records of Post-Triassic Changes in Kings County, Nova Scotia," Trans. N.S. Inst. Sci., X (1900oo),297. THE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Magnetite Zinc Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence...these early attempts to produce iron were from magnetite occurrences, some of which were the source of...that exploited magnetite ores. Interestingly, some of the most spectacular magnetite specimens to be...Corporation of America mine No. 4 at Balmat. Magnetite is one of many black, metallic to submetallic...density is 5.20. It is, of course, quite magnetic. Magnetite Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks
Report (issue)
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 Catalogue No. ~44.64110 Price...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 CONTENTS Page ...........................Introduction Section 1: St . 1 4 . Stephen .Nova Scotia B o r d e r ............................... ...nickel m i n e Blakeneymine Road-cut (serpentine. magnetite) Charlotte County Granite Company q u a r r y
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Quebec, Canada, a few small specimens of a black mineral which was identified as magnetite. Later, a...445 and 1.784 8 = 0.448, the correct ratio for magnetite and other members of the spinel group. I t is...who made a study of oetahedrons of titaniferous magnetite yielding on analysis 24.95 per cent. of TiC 2... I~0M01~BI~M A~ ILLU~B&~ED BY VABI~IES 0P MAGNETITE. 37~ were regarded as replacing F%O 8 the ratio...intermediate between magnetite proper and jaeobsite. The form ~811}, which is rare in magnetite, occurs also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Quebec, Canada, a few small specimens of a black mineral which was identified as magnetite. Later, a...445 and 1.784 8 = 0.448, the correct ratio for magnetite and other members of the spinel group. I t is...who made a study of oetahedrons of titaniferous magnetite yielding on analysis 24.95 per cent. of TiC 2... I~0M01~BI~M A~ ILLU~B&~ED BY VABI~IES 0P MAGNETITE. 37~ were regarded as replacing F%O 8 the ratio...intermediate between magnetite proper and jaeobsite. The form ~811}, which is rare in magnetite, occurs also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3C3 Abstract The upper 35 m of a thick...College, 1000 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada V1Y 4X8. work has demonstrated that many basalts...thick tholeiitic North Mountain Basalt flow in Nova Scotia (Fig. 1) showing metre-scale layering with thin...calculated o n b a s i s of: Pla~ioclase and magnetite. 0=32; clinopyroxene andilmenite, 0=6; amphibole...t~'a-20 KvO P2C= Rb Sr Ba Th Zr Y La Sm Eu Yb Sc V Cr Co .Ni Ga Notes.: 54. !i 1.43 '= ' : '.:,.5 9 0.24
Report (chapter)
2015 Sedimentology of the Halifax Formation, Nova Scotia: Lower Palaeozoic fine-grained turbidites D.A...of the (?) Cambro-Ordovician Meguma Group of Nova Scotia. The Meguma sediments were mostly deposited by...slope. The Lower Palaeozoic Meguma Group of Nova Scotia (Fig. l) comprises a thick succession (at least...results of early mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada, and of previous sedimentological studies. In the...approximately 90 degrees from north in south-west Nova Scotia to east in the eastern part of the province (Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSOCIATED ZEOLITES FROM THE MORDEN AREA, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA GEORGIA PE-PIPER§ Department of Geology,... Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada ABSTRACT Selected zoned and homogeneous...earliest Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, in Nova Scotia, have been examined in thin section and by SEM...North Mountain basalt, hydrothermal circulation, Nova Scotia. SOMMAIRE Une sélection d’amygdules à zéolites...and amethyst), together with native copper and magnetite (Donohoe et § al. 1992). The North Mountain Basalt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE NORTH M O U N T A I N B A S A L T S (NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA) J. DOSTAL and C. DUPUY Department o f Geology...Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N,S. B3H 3C3 (Canada) Centre Gdologique et Gdophysique, Universitd des...Geochemistry of the North Mountain basalts (Nova Scotia, Canada). Chem. Geol., 45: 245--261. The Early Mesozoic...Mesozoic North Mountain basalts of Nova Scotia, Canada, are continental tholeiites similar in composition...data on the North Mountain basalts from Nova Scotia, Canada, and to discuss the petrogenetic implications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
06:14 02 December 2014 Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada I sometric-appearing minerals are not always...famous quarries at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Analcime is typically seen as white, transparent...Triassic diabase in the Cornwall Nos. 3 and 4 magnetite mines, Cornwall, Lebanon County (excellent crystals...Hollywood, Los Angeles County (Tschernich 1992). Canada has produced exceptional analcime specimens from...and environments. It is quite well known from Nova Scotia, occurring in excellent crystals to 6 cm across
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Magnetite. BERNARD J. HARRINGTON (Min. Mag., 1907, 14, 373--377).--Some specimens of magnetite from...from St. Joseph du Lac in Two Mountains Co., Quebec, are remarkable in containing considerable amounts...({ill), (110)) of maguetite from Digby, Annapolis Go., Nova Scotia. Fe,O,. TiO,. AI,O,. I. 59.71 5.32...head-waters of the San Benito River in San Benito Co., California. The crystals belong to the hexagonal...for all irons are approximately : Fe, 90; Ni, 9 ; Co, 0.9 ; Cu, 0.02%; the fact t h a t the percentage
Report (issue)
Mesozoic Igneous Provinces of New England and Atlantic Canada . J. Gregory McHone 1 2. Early Mesozoic Magmatism...Early Mesozoic North Mountain Basalts of Nova Scotia, Canada . J. Dostal and J. D. Greenough 10. Jurassic...occurred in southeastern Nova Scotia and the Northcumberland Straights of Atlantic Canada; they sugÂŹ gest that...Greenough provide evidence that the HTQ basalts of Nova Scotia (the North Mountain Basalt) was not contaminated...England Seamounts to the Monterregain Hills of Canada. Acknowledgments J. Gregory McHone deserves
Book
enOLOGIOAT SURVEY OF CANADA. AALFRED R C.SELWYN, C. M. G., LL.D. F.RS., Director GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...17 20 v1 GEOLOGICAL TABLE OF SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS— Continued. OXYGEN saLTs—Continued...Concluding division..........+.s++++) 26, 33 ees ek. aes Co Rivama-silicates .jaettouke 26 apeieeeeeeele ee ¢...SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTS—Continued. ORES—Continued. . Tron ores—Continued. Magnetite or magnetic...distribution of magne- Mineral associations of magnetite. ............ Bicenimiorspaviic:ITOMs semper asp
Book (volume)
Introduction •• • • •• • •• • •• ••• ••• • • Nova Scotia ••• ••• • •• • •• ••• • •• New Brunswick...• •• • I Manitoba ••• .... • ••• I I CANADA: Saskatchewan ••• •• • I •• • Ii • •••...AMERICA. British Americ.a comprises the Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland together with the Colonies and...covers an area of 4,010,215 square mjles, of which Canada and Newfoundland account for 3,892,399 a.n d British...1 CAN.,.L\.DA. Introduction.• A large part of Canada 1·emains to be investigated as regards its mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ministers Island dike, southwest New Brunswick, Canada Todd Dunn and Peter Stringer Department of Geology...Brunswick,P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada E3B 5A3 Received June 1989 / Accepted January 1990...North Africa (Manspeizer et al. 1978). In eastern Canada and New England, most of the volcanism occurred...reported (e.g. the North Mountain basalt in Nova Scotia: Dostal and Dupuy 1984; Papezik et al. 1988;...least 15 km ENE-WSW across southwest New Brunswick, Canada, into eastern Maine, U.S.A. (Fig. 1). A whole-rock
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...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
remarkable results obtained is the rarity of magnetite and the wide prevalence of pyrrhotite which was...frozen earth in Northern Siberia, by Mr. Bassett Digby. The horn must have measured originally nearly a
Book
PR is 1933 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * THE CANADIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY IN... * ** * * MARCH 1934 DEPARTMENT OF MINES OF CANADA MINES BRANCH * * * * * ' THE CANADIAN MINERAL...Imports and Exports are taken from the "Trade of Canada," Dominion Bureau of Statistics, a~d caver the...not been All our requirements for the profound in Canada in commercial quantities. duction of primary metal...pure aluminium oxide. The aluminium oxide used in Canada as a source of metal is prepared in the United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Batholith, Nova Scotia 1 Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...Canada B3H 3J5 2 Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2T9 3 Department...University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 (Received 20 May 1991; revised typescript...In the South Mountain Batholith of southern Nova Scotia, we recognize two principal kinds of leucogranitic...Batholith underlies ~73OO km2 of southwestern Nova Scotia. It intrudes predominantly flyschoid metawackes
Journal (issue)
NOTES , AN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PARTY IN NOVA SCOTIA , PSEUDOMORPHS . PART I , EDITORIAL NOTES , 103...BATES , 58 Pearl Street , New York City . QUEEN & CO . , PHILADELPHIA . N. Y. OFFICE , 116 FULTON ST ...specimens , 50c . to $ 1.50 . GEO . L. ENGLISH & Co. , New York , BAKER & ADAMSON , GEMS : MANUFACTURERS...and to suit the desires of collectors . GRAHAM & CO . , Practical Lapidaries , Blu 63 Nassau St. , New...on them . Write for one soon . Geo . L. ENGLISH & Co. , New York . Washed Filter Papers for quantitative
 
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