 | | Report (issue) | | Price 75 cents 1963 GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY CANADA OF CANADA PAPER 63-18 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR:... DEPARTMENT MINES AND OF TECHNICAL SURVEYS CANADA - i - CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcon gold mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMillan Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Massey mine .. .. . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the âContentâ) is governed... copyright is held by the Queenâs 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS DOCUMENT Your use of this Ontario Geological Survey document (the âContentâ) is governed... copyright is held by the Queenâs 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Energy, Mines and Resources Canada E:nergie, Mines et Ressourees Canada Canada THE ENERGY OF OUR RESOURCES...POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5 cm across the base...no. 17206. GSC 204971-1 Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 49 ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR... © Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1991 Available in Canada through authorized bookstore agents...bookstores or by mail from Canada Communication Group - Publishing Ottawa, Canada KIA OS9 and from. Geological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the AMETHYST MINES in the Thunder Bay Area Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Figure 1 View of the North...North Shore of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay from Amethyst Harbour. DANIEL E. KILE 5176 Black Bear Run Littleton...subsurface inclusions of hematite from the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine, collected in 1978. Specimen 14.4 cm wide...town of Thunder Bay and nearby mines; map prepared by William Besse. T he Thunder Bay district in Ontario...Ontario, Canada, is noted for spectacular amethyst clusters that are often distinctive due to microscopic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a 165-mile stretch of road completing the Trans-Canada Highway along the north shore of Lake Superior...Superior Circle Tour can be started in Michigan, Ontario, Minnesota or Wisconsin, with mineral locations...which these boats had come. At Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, there are three stops a mineral collector should...Point Mamainse for copper, Mica Bay for agate and Ranwick Uranium Mine for an underground tour to see...mining area where iron, lead, zinc, copper, nickel silver, gold and uranium have been mined. The entire Lake |  | | Journal (issue) | | . n o t e s f r o m t h e y EDITOR SILVER ISSUE Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver. Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was nearly on a par...discerns a warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver has been found as superb...famous and in teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds, perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for future issues. Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi |  | | 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...Early Precambrian pillow lavas; Munekun Lake, District of Kenora. (Courtesy L. D. Ayres). Lower right:... (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: â â â Centre right: Archaeocrinus |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONTENTS PAGE Cosalite from Ontario, by T. L. Walker - - An Examination of Lillianite... 20 Animikite and Macfarlanite from Silver Islet, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, by A. L. Parsons and E...Dyscrasite from Cobalt, Ontario, by T. L. Walker Rammelsbergite from Cobalt, Ontario, by A. L. Parsons A...43 - 46 Calcite from Shangoinah Island near Thunder Cape, Lake Superior, by A. L. Parsons 51 - 54...Gersdorffite) - Dumortierite, - 69 COSALITE FROM ONTARIO BY T. L. WALKER (Presented, Mineralogical Society |  | | Report (volume) | | \)< 74- ^* © 1974, Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, Inc. The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society...incorporated in 1971, was formerly the ThunÂŹ der Bay Historical Society (founded in 1908). This volume...Publishing and Printing, Thunder Bay. FOREWORD Sept. 27, 1974 Volume 2 of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum...yearâs âPapers and Recordsâ. During 1974 the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society was successful in securing...Canadian art and historic treasures on tour across Canada. It will be constructed on the grounds of Confederation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GENETIC RELATIONS KEWEENAWAN OF SILVER DIABASES IN DEPOSITS AND ONTARIO. E. S. MOORE. INTRODUCTION....silverore in I886 in theLakeSuperiordistrictof Ontario,that somerelationexists betweensilverdeposits and...Differentopinionshavebeenheld,however,regardingthe source of the silver. Many geologistshave contendedthat the metal has...unanimity of opinion concerningthe sourceof the silver, the writer undertook a more detailed study of...the generosityof the National ResearchCouncil of Canada, grants were made to aid field studiesand laboratorywork |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nature 224 ROCKS & MINERALS Gallery Ottawa, Ontario Canada Figure 2. The front of the Victoria Memorial...strategically set with 13 round diamonds (from the Ekati mine, Northwest Territories) placed in the areas of the...capital cities of each province and territory of Canada. The diamond-set globe (42 cut stones, total weight... where its exhibits feature natural history in Canada and the world. The Vale Earth Gallery occupies...Figure 6. Nambulite, 2.8 cm wide, from the Kombar mine, Otavi, Namibia. This specimen was formerly in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issueâs Connoisseurâs...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tennessee, Knoxville] at 12:13 05 June 2016 Milliken Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri I n part because of...its intimate association with deposits rich in silver made it familiar to people many centuries ago,...Historical galena analyses reflect minor amounts of silver, copper, bismuth, iron, zinc, cadmium, and even...minerals commonly include sphalerite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, barite, calcite, dolomite, quartz, and a wide...of the Creede district, Mineral County; the Camp Bird mine in Ouray County; the Eagle mine at Gilman, Eagle |  | | Catalog/List | | stilbite.Pretty RF TN.ÂŁ4 2) BARITE,Mount Wellington Mine,Gwennap,Cornwall.Vitreous translucent greyish chisel...Excellent RF SPC.C.ÂŁ10 4) CHALCEDONY,Pednandrea Mine,Redruth,Comwall.Ex Col Williams colln.Pure B crust...----------------------------------- 6) BARITE,Hilton Mine,Scordale,nr Appleby,Cumbria.Attractive druse of...xtls .. Pretty D C.ÂŁ22 7) PYROMORHITE, Bwlch-Glas Mine, Cardiganshire,Wales. Very pretty covering ofbright...C. ÂŁ15 = - -=~:- "' ·" 8) HA:RM6TOME, Bellgrove Mine, ·Stfontiai\Ai'gyllshire:scot1ana.Bioclcymifky-wliifee |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................ AMETHYT OF THUNDER BAY. BJ / . E. Corbett. M. D ............. MINERAL.... :............... 20 i CLUB AND SOCI ETY NOTES BAY ST ATE MINERAL SOCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . ....surmise on my part. We departed from the North Creek mine with a number of specimens and the recollection... Granules of purple fluorite add color to the mass. It is not necessary to "mine" the wall. Recross the...MINERALS AM ETHYST OF THUNDER BAY lty J. F. CORBETT, M. D. elevation of Silver Islet is given as 18 feet |  | | Report (issue) | | Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...not to survive changes in fashion: the gold and silver is often melted down and the gems reset or, even...lapidary amethyst during that period. The first mine was opened at Valz-sous-Chateauneuf in the middle...Viner. The 30.2 cm wide crown is made from gold, silver, platinum, velvet and ermine and is set with tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the structure, chemistry, and texture of wire silver for a masterâs of science degree at Miami University...rakovajf@miamioh.edu & Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince...ince the dawn of civilization, silver and gold have been treasured for their surpassing beauty and captivating...coins are Figure 1. Section cut through a wire silver from Kazakhstan shows roughly equigranular texture...alloy of silver and gold (Wallace 1987). Throughout history and around the globe, gold and silver have been |  | | 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. CONTENTSâ Continued. OXYGEN saLTsâContinued...hex yee oe ihe date at von Gold and silver ores : Gold and silver ores from the province of British Columbia... TABLE METALS oe AND OF THEIR SURVEY OF CANADA. CONTENTSâContinued. ORESâContinued. . Tron...deere Silver ores (see also under gold and silver oresâabove). Silver ores from the Thunder Bay mining |  | | Book | | 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johnson, RFD 6, Knoxville, Tenn., informs us that fluorite is found with barite east of Birmingham, Jefferson...of the Cahaba River. ARIZONAâA nice xl of green fluorite from the Eagle Tail Mts., Yuma Co., Ariz., was...(Teller Co.), Colo., this past summer some friends of mine found some interesting specimens which turned out...be selenite xls and tiny calcite, quartz, and fluorite xls. These crystals are micro mounts and are quite...quite interesting. They came from the King Mine near Cripple Creek." CONNECTICUTâA very nice specimen |  | | Book | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF CANADA PUBLISHED BY The Canadian Mining Journal Confederation TO BRITISH AND...Ont. THE MINING CANADA ENGINEERS IN 1908. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CANADA To The Visit...Continental Mining Engineers and Metallurgists to Canada in of the Summer 1908 PUBLISHED THE CANADIAN...Cobalt, at the the at the iron mines of Western Ontario. then metalliferous at the mining inspected...auspices the the completeness Visiting engineers, Canada. many for the purpose organized of the extent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen...(for example, the copper mines of the Ducktown district, Tennessee), chalcopyrite in good crystallized...at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated |  | | Report (issue) | | Minnesota and Ontario there have been two important silver mines, both on the Ontario side of the boundary...boundary - Silver Islet and Silver Mountain. The existence of a number of smaller mines and prospects makes...estimate of the probable mineral prospects of the district. The Gunflint iron-bearing formation, which has...the base of the formation trends northeast into Ontario and the beds dip south, it is believed that eastern...higher horizon than those near Gunflint Lake. The district was, until recently, reached as a rule by taking |  | | Journal (issue) | | Laraway .......... 2 4 7 MEMORIES OF AN OLD TIME SILVER CRAFTSMAN, Aldrich ................ ~ LAPIDARY...Illinois Âą Subscriptions: U.S. and possessions and Canada, $2.00 per year. Other countries, $2.50 per year... which is found at the historically famous Wood Mine in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just across the...Marble Co. Wood hiine, Lancaster âŹo.,Pa.9-+ Wood Mine, Octorora White Hall Trap Rock Quarry 10. Catoctin...Chrome Pits 11. Etchison Chrome Mine Bare Hills Chrome hiines Reed Chrome Mine,Jarrettsville Map showing Serpentine |
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