Wilson's Corner, Hull, Quebec, Canada Question

Hello all,

I'm trying to track down the current location name for an apatite (green apatite in pink K-spar) that I have. The original location was listed as Wilson's Corner, Hull, in Quebec Canada. I can't find the location in the Mindat localities list. I tried Googling the name and found a town of Hull, which was the seat for Hull County but was actually located in Gatineau County. I further read that the county system has since been abolished and northern Hull County is now Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality and the southern half is now the City of Gatineau. A bit confusing... Is anyone familiar with this locality and can give me what it might be called now?

Thanks,
Jen

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The pink is probably calcite.

David,

Thanks for the reference. Ooops - I used HCl and it was calcite. Just goes to show that you shouldn't use color (it was the perfect Kspar color and I didn't have any cleavage on the matrix to go on).

Jen

Hull is a township rather than a county.

Philippe.

Hull, directly across the Ottawa river from Ottawa, where I live, is an actual small city now. It is currently favored by college students as the last stop in a pub crawl, since the bars stay open well past midnight, much later than here, the seat of our nation's government. Afterward, you can say you've been to Hull and back.

bars only being open until midnight? how sad!!!

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

St pierre de Wakefield and other small mining areas near hull produce apatite in salmon coloured calcite matrix, it is striking in colour and contrast. Lucky you to get a piece of this material.

Ray,

I have attached a pic of the apatite for you. It has a few boo-boos, but I acquired it because the apatite looks like it has tiger stripes and because of the great color contrast that you mentioned. Thanks all for helping with the local.

Jen

I can't tell, Jennifer, if your piece is terminated, but a lot of the apatites from there, look like they aren't quite terminated and have a sort of melted look at the ends. This is normal and for this area, usually has a some shadow of the former termination angles but all softened and melted. Hope you like your piece, as it is quite typical for the locale and looks nice.

I use to live in Wilson's corners five years ago and your probably referring to Caverne Lafleche which is on the opposite end of Wilsons Corners. Hwy 307 all the way up at the end of Cantley where Val des Monts begins. I hope that helps.

Jeff

There are no apatites in the Lafleche cavern, only calcite 'draperies'.

Philippe.

Hi Jen,

Though the thread is about a month old, I thought that I might add some information. Philippe is correct, the Lafleche cave would not be the source of your specimen. Within 2 miles of Wilson's Corner are at least two former sources for fine apatite crystals, the Horseshoe mine and the Kodak mine. The Horseshoe is about 2 miles west of Wilson's Corner and produced specimens such as yours and the Kodak mine is about 1.5 miles north and perhaps .75 miles to the east. Both localities produced similar specimens, though there are no doubt other possible localities. Hope this helps somewhat!

Take care,
Dana