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Quartz from
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mineral Occurrence Area
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:prismatic, massive
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Corundumⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Corundum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1325499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1325499:3
GUID (UUID V4):5cad7d94-8fb4-40ac-bd0e-727d30ef6b03
References
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Book (edition)
·- I A : I ♦ • ROCKBOUND'S . PARADISE I Bancroft and Region l Old Mines Quarries Outcrops Roadcuts...Identification Guide to the·Rocks and Minerals of the Area Bob Trueman. l • The Geology of the Princess...Dungannoo Township, aboo 2.5 mile (4 km) n rth t of Bancroft • _- within a ~cries of ~kalinc . ( 5km) ardfrom...partially replaced by sodalite. The rocks of the area have been mylonitized J>y late particularly attractive...al. Classic .\.fmeral Collecting Localities in Ontario and Quebec; XXIV International Geological Congress
Report (issue)
GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the “Content”) is governed... copyright is held by the Queen’s Printer for Ontario. It is recommended that reference to the Content... . ; Ontario Geological Survey, ...670-5691 Toll Free: 1-888-415-9845, ext. 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Local: (705) 670-5691 Toll Free:...(inside Canada, United States) Local: (416) 326-2678 Toll Free: 1-800-668-9938 (inside Canada, United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the highlands of the Bancroft area, Ontario. PO Box 1924 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada K0L 1C0 mcdougallray@gmail...collection F Ontario, Canada or more than one hundred years, mineral specimens from the Bancroft area, Ontario...Ontario, Canada, have been added to collections around the world, gracing the display cases of museums and...Although the days of commercial mining in the Bancroft area are over, and access to localities has become...superb specimens are still found today, and Bancroft-area minerals and their localities continue to be
Report (issue)
Highway 134 is shown, but is not labelled. - BANCROFT TRlP 1 - This mine is closed and most of the Photo...It is also private property. BANCROFT TRlP 2 Figure 10, p. 64 BANCROFT TRlP 3 Figure 11, p. 68 Photo...SCENERY PETERBOROUGH, BANCROFT AND MADOC AREA Geological Guide Book No. 3 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES...MINES Reprinted by Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Sean Conway, Minister of Mines (iii)...(iii) Š1969 Government of Ontario Printed in Ontario, Canada Reprinted 1974 Second Reprinting 1984
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF ONTARIO, CANADA By STEPHEN H. WATTS 83 MacDonald St., Kingston, Ontario, Canada In the last...last decade a minor "rush" took place here in Ontario. Here, however, the glitter of gold was not sought...minerals especially in the area of S. Central Ontario centred by Bancroft. In this article, I wish to...serious rockhound of TODAY can collect here in Ontario. List- Of Radioactive Minera's Included: AESCHYNITE...uraninite; The others while they may occur in Ontario, are of negligible interest to the collector, in
Report (issue)
similar to the Precambrian Grenville Province of Canada, which contains uraniferous pegmatites, and to...to the uraniferous pegmatites in Bancroft, Canada. Although Bancroft pegmatites have been successfully...that a few companies 'are currently active in the area, and that detailed geochemical and geophysical studies...1000-1250 m.y. ago (Doig, 1977). The Adirondack area is divided into two sections, the highlands, which...charnockite form the core complex of the mountainous area and underlie the high peaks of the Adirondacks.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Folds and Strain in Grenville Metamorphic Rocks, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada ABSTRACT...ABSTRACT East of Bancroft, Ontario, metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks lie tightly folded between a...northern margin of the Hastings lowlands east of Bancroft, Precambrian sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which...plutons in the Grenville Province of southeastern Ontario give a similar range in age (Krogh and Hurley,...deformation; during and after these culminations, quartz monzonites were intruded. Plutons were thus present
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Saint-Hilaire and Montreal Area Quarries, VHS format, 32 minutes, 1990; $36.50. Bancroft Area Mineral Localities...Moose Video, 198 Clonmore Drive, Scarboro, Ontario, Canada M1N 1Y1. Add $7.00 shipping and handling for...mineral collectors. Mont Saint-Hilaire and Montreal Area Quarries begins with a review of the history and...excellent and come from the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum (including micrographs from the Violet Anderson...interview with Ann Sabina of the Geological Survey of Canada, who has led the mineralogical work on the Francon
Report (issue)
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES Hon. G. C. Wardrope, Minister D. P. Douglass, Deputy Minister J. E. Thomson...Geological Branch Pegmatite Mineral Resources of Ontario By D. F. HEWITT Industrial Mineral Report 21...Production in Ontario (Table 1). . . . . .. . . . ... Number of Pegmatite Deposits opened in Ontario (Table..... . . . .. . . . 9 Selling Crude Feldspar in Ontario. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . . ... 10 History of Feldspar Production in Ontario .. . . . . . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
Book
1 Bancroft & District CHAMBER OF COMMERCE P.O. B o x 5 3 9 , B a n c r o f t , O N K 0 L 1C0 Tel: (613)...commerce.bancroft.on.ca Be sure to visit... The Bancroft Mineral Museum Located in the "Old Station",...region Eagle's Nest Lookout Get an overview of Bancroft and the scenic York River Valley from the top...canyon is part of the Crowe River Valley Conservation Area, and is a great place for a family outing. Bear...Chamber of Commerce for information and permits. Bancroft & District Chamber of Commerce Information on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND CORUNDUM ROCKS OF SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO Lours Moyn, Bancroft,Ontario. CowrrNrs A b s t r a c t . . ....nepheline- and corundum-bearing gneissesof southeastern Ontario. Field evidence appears to indicate that most of...of the nepheline and corundum rocks of this area were derived from pre-existing dark gneissesof the Grenville...geologists, 736 NEPHELINE AND CORUNDUM ROCKS OF ONTARIO 737 mineralogists, and petrologists. A solution...which includes part of the Haliburton-Bancroft area of Ontario, mapped by Adams and Barlow (1910) at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions. " — Whitlock, 1910 CALCITE OCCURRENCES of Ontario STEPHEN H. WATTS Geology Department Sir Sandford...Sandford Fleming College P. O. Box 8000 Lindsay, Ontario, Canada K9V 5E6 I N S E L E C T I N G T H E M I N...the past 30 years have provided collectors in Ontario with quality calcite specimens (Figure 1). For...iron ore mining in the Steep Rock Lake area of northwestern Ontario dates back to the late 1880s when some...occurs locally in a range of habits along with quartz crystals as fracture fillings has been es­ tablished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
g 24 H o u r Rest Rooms Air-Conditioned ! BANCROFT AREA AND ITS PEOPLE By Mr. fr Mrs. F. J. Leofsky...N. Y. Having just spent a week end in Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, imagine our surprise to see the article...article in the March-April, 1962, R&M about same! Bancroft area and the people are all and more than said in...in the article. W e have collected rocks in that area for years but have just become serious Rock Hounds...are now making jewelry too! Our fireplace, in Bancroft cabin, is a thing of beauty under the short and
Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39 Bancroft - Parry Sound area and Southern Ontario Ann P. Sabina...Sabina L 1*1 Natural Resources Canada Ressources naturelles Canada 1986 CanadZ L COVER Left: Betafite...Collection specimen No. 42584. National Museum of Canada photo No. 1168B. Note: actual specimen is dark...brown. Right: Nepheline crystals, Davis Hill, Bancroft. Specimen measures 21 cm by 20 cm. National Mineral...Collection specimen No. 36463. National Museum of Canada photo No. 1361. Note: actual specimen is grey with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE BANCROFT AREA AND ITS MINERALS About one billion years ago the famous mineral deposits of the Bancroft...Bancroft area were formed. The Bancroft deposits occur in a series of metamorphic rocks found in the southerly...borders or the zone. The area lying within a forty mile radius of the town of Bancroft contains some of the... The R.O.M. has over seventy minerals from this area including (those italicized most likely to be found):... pyrite, pyrochlore, (including ellsworthite), quartz, reibeckite, scapolite, sodalite, sphene, tetrahedrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the chief results of a geological study of a large area on the margin of the Laurentianprotaxisin easternOntario...Dr. Barlowand the writer, has been presented. The area in question,whose study has just been completed...greaterdetail than in the case of areas formerlyexamined in Canada, the field work extending over a periodof eight...the area is given. The area lies near the borderof the Laurentianprotaxis,north of Lake Ontario and east...descriptionof the area will appear in the form of a report to be issued by the GeologicalSurveyof Canada during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...near Haliburton in the Grenville Province of Ontario, Canada. They fall into two well-dened groups, with...the boundaries between them (Dickin, 2000). In Ontario, the Grenville Province is divided into two major...domains respectively. to the Composite Arc Belt of Ontario, but also revealed older Nd model ages in the Quebec...Dickin and McNutt (2007) attributed the CMB in Ontario to a back arc rift zone consisting of a series
Report (issue)
2- -'/ % • / • '• f • ' * * ' < €•"••- Ontario Geological Survey Mineral Deposits Circular 23...Radioactive Mineral Deposits of the Pembroke-Renfrew Area by S.L. Masson and J.B. Gordon This project is funded...Governments of Canada and Ontario 1981 Ministry of Hon James A c Au|d - - - Minister Ontario Natural..._ x «0MNR-OGS1981 Printed In Canada Publications of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and...Whitney Block, Queen's Park, Toronto, and the Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, Toronto.
Journal (issue)
Some classic mineral localities in Southeastern Ontario..................................................Collins The Lake Clear-Kuehl Lake area, Renfrew County, Ontario.......................................Grice and R. A. Gault Quartz crystals from the Granite Creek-Lolo Pass area, Montana..................219 by M.Jensen Some rare minerals of the Bancroft area ..............................................Leicestershire LE7 7QB Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa:
Journal (issue)
INC'LUSIONS' 406 - 7 Elizabeth St. N., Mississauga, Ontario, L5G 2Y8 ( 416) 278-5468 6 Publisher & Editor:...Montreal ~ BANCROFTS UNIQUE HERITAGE Susan Morris, Bancroft & District Chamber of Commerce ROCKHOUNDING IN...William Pinch BANCROFT SlilNES SILVER Bancroft plans a Party Susan Morris, Bancroft & District Chamber...Chamber of Commerce BANCROFT REVISITED From the "ConglomeraJe" via "Rock Blast" James Wahla SU ITES IN...Groupes de Mineraux de la collection William Pinch QUARTZ Mel inda Fraser FIRST AID FOR FIELD TRIPS From
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROCKHOUND HEAVEN—BANCROFT AREA OF ONTARIO 212 By KER.M I T M . S T O N G Meadow R d . , Bel A i r ,...g just returned from an exciting two weeks i n Canada has prompted me to pass on my experience to others...of our d u b centered our vacations around the Bancroft Gemboree which was held the first week in August...one of John's corundum crystals. I consider this area to be a haven for rockhounding due to the fact that... uranium minerals, gold, corundum, beryl, rose quartz, sodalite, beautiful orange calcite, zircons and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LAKE AREA, QUEBEC RALPH KRETZ§ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N...K1N 6N5, Canada ABSTRACT Three small (~1 km) bodies of gneissic biotite syenite (the Stag syenite) and...some examples of nepheline syenite from the Bancroft area to the southwest. Following high-grade metamorphism...certains cas de syÊnite nÊphÊlinique de la rÊgion de Bancroft, vers le sud-ouest. Suite à un ÊvÊnement de mÊtamorphisme...Present address: 197 Augusta Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8C2, Canada 1108 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST INTRODUCTION
Journal (issue)
Articles Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario .................................................charge, to the following people: COVER: AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ group 4 x 5 cm, collected in 1978 by Donald Elliott...Elliott at the Diamond Willow mine near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles...Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa:...Bay Region, Ontario by Donald G. Elliott P.O. Box 253 Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 4V8 Canada methyst from
Journal (issue)
Rocks and Minerals of Ontario -- H f ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS Honourable...and Minerals of Ontario By D. F. HEWITT Chief, Industrial Mineral Section Ontario Department of Mines... Pye). Upper Back Cover Upper Upper Gold in quartz, Leitch Gold Mines; Beardmore. (Courtesy E. G.... (Courtesy The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited). Centre left: Eurypterus lacustris, an...about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: — — — Centre right: Archaeocrinus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
John Mitchell of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, had been urging me to visit Ontario singing praises about the...the wonderful collecting to be had in the Bancroft Area. (Now I am making it a duet.) When I saw an ad...Peter catered to rockhounds and was in the Bancroft area, I decided to inquire further. After corresponding...many productive locations that the local club in Bancroft not only has field trips on Sundays but also on...of the R&MA, the Toronto Mineral Club and the Bancroft Mineral Club, gave detailed directions, both oral
 
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