Ontario Mineral Catalog: A

Each species is presented alphabetically by locality, followed, by a brief description, Royal Ontario Museum catalog numbers where applicable, and the best reference(s). Clicking on mineral names in blue will take you to a photograph of that mineral, or to the Type Minerals section.

ACANTHITE

   Common in the silver mines of Ontario, typically found in films and masses, to a kilo or more, rarely in fine crystals, though cubes, octahedra, and combinations thereof to 2 cm are known (Walker, 1930). Complex tabular crystals are known and an acicular habit, presumably of secondary origin, has been noted in the worked-out lower levels of mines in the Cobalt district, Trail (1980). Said to be less common than silver in the Cobalt area, and more common than silver in the mines along the Lake Superior shore near Thunder Bay.

Badger Mine, Lot, Con.VI, Gillies Twp., Thunder Bay District - calcite/quartz/fluorite veins with silver, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, stephanite Satterly(1977) ROM #M3803

Beaver Mine, Lot 1, Con.I, O'Conner Twp., Thunder Bay District - acanthite/silver vein parallelling a fault zone, with calcite, barite, fluorite, quartz gangue Satterly(1977) ROM# E326, E3801, E3802, E3804, E3805, M8991, M11329

Beaver Junior Mine, SW of Stanley, Rabbit Mtn. area, Thunder Bay District - with silver, sulfides, in calcite-quartz-barite-fluorite gangue. Rich pockets of acanthite in nugget, leaf and sheaf forms were found here. Sabina(1991)

Brady Lake Mine, Lot 2, Con.III, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - quartz calcite vein with silver, "smaltite".  Satterly(1977) ROM# M21941

Buffalo Mine, Lot 6, Con. VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite". Sabina(1974) ROM# M8830

Capitol Mine, NW side of Miller Lake, Timiskaming District - with silver, "smaltite", skutterudite, loellingite, safflorite, cobaltite, nickeline, bismuth, in calcite veins. Sabina(1974)

Casey-Cobalt Mine, Timiskaming District - good crystals in calcite, both octahedra and a complex tabular form. Ellsworth( 1916)

Castle-Tretheway Mine, Haultain Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite/quartz veins with silver, "smaltite". Satterly(1977) ROM# M13676, M16102

Climax (Keystone) Mine, SW of Stanley, Rabbit Mtn. area, Thunder Bay District - with silver, sulfides, in calcite-quartz-barite-fluorite gangue. Sabina(1991)

Cobalt Lake Mine, Lots 5,6, Con.V,VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite", nickeline, breithauptite. Satterly(1977) ROM# E2605, M14634, M14682

Coleroy Mine (AKA Collins), SW shore of Leroy Lake, Timiskaming District - calcite-quartz veins cutting diabase, with silver, Co & Ni minerals. Sabina (1974)

Cross Lake O'Brein Mine (Deer Horn), Lot 2, Con.V, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite", rammeslbergite, nickeline, sulfides. Satterly(1977) ROM# M33694, M33695

Deer Horn Mine (AKA Cross Lake O'Brien Mine), Cobalt, Timiskaming District - found with a variety of sulfides. Sabina (1974)

East End Silver Mountain Mine, Lybster Twp., Thunder Bay District - acanthite-silver vein in a fault zone with calcite and quartz gangue, with acanthite in leaves, sheets, nuggets to several grams. Sabina(1991) ROM specimens from Silver Mountain: #11897, M20528, M20533, M28555, M29461

Edward and Porphyry Islands, west side of Black Bay Peninsula, Thunder Bay District - associated with arsenic, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, silver. Sabina(1991)

Frontier Mine, South Lorrain Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite, nickeline, proustite, stephanite, many others. Sabina (1974); Large masses and crystals to 2cm, Ellsworth (1916). The Frontier & Keeley Mines produced some of Canada's finest wire silver. ROM# 8707, 8708, M14621, M14693, M14877, M15807, M16448, M16469

Geco Mine, 2 km north of Manitouwadge Lake, Thunder Bay District - minor amounts, with sulfides; this locality has produced cordierite in fine crystals and facetting rough. Sabina(1991)

Hargrave Mine, Lot 3, Con.IV, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite". Satterly(1977) ROM# M9785

Hudson Bay Mine, Lot 6, Con.VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins cutting diabase with silver, "smaltite", skutterudite, loellingite, safflorite, nickeline, galena, chalcopyrite, cobaltite.Satterly(1977) ROM# M8820, M8821, M12942

Jardun Mine, (AKA Victoria and Cascade mines) between Sandy Lake and Weashkog Lake, Algoma District - with native silver, sulfides, hematite, magnetite, etc, in quartz-carbonate gangue. Sabina(1991)

Jarvis Island, Thunder Bay District - with sulfides, silver, etc., in a quartz-calcite vein in diabase Sabina(1991)

Keeley Mine, South Lorrain Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite", nickeline, proustite, many others. Sabina (1974) Large masses and crystals to 2cm, Ellsworth (1916) The Frontier & Keeley Mines produced some of Canada's finest wire silver. ROM# M13720, M14648, M16329, M16330, M16419, M17377, M18396, M26121

Kerr Lake Mine, Lot 3, Con.IV, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite".  Satterly(1977) ROM# E2814, M1166, M11737

Kidd Creek Mine, Lots 3, 4, Con.V, Kidd Township, ~27 km north of Timmins, Walker et al (1975)

Little Pig Vein, West Beaver Mine, SW of Stanley, Rabbit Mtn. area, Thunder Bay District- with silver, sulfides, in calcite-quartz-barite-fluorite gangue. Sabina(1991)

Mann Mine (AKA Manridge), Gowganda District - veins cutting diabase, associated with massive and crystalline silver, skutterudite, "smaltite", safflorite, loellingite, cobaltite, and bismuth crystals. Sabina(1974)

near Cobalt, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - many mines in the area produced acanthite, which was an important ore of silver. Satterly(1977) ROM# E1653, E2411, E2423, E2816, E3338, M17242, M18555, M18570, M18603, M21756

near Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District - calcite veins, with silver. Satterly(1977). An analysis of a Thunder Bay acanthite crystal is provided by Chapman (1888): Ag 86.44, S 13.37, Cu trace, total 99.81, S.G. 7.31. ROM #E808, M11332, M11442, M18535, M20479

Nipissing Mine, Lot 5, Con.V, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - an incredibly rich silver mine, vugs were encountered in Vein 64 lined with calcite crystals upon which were formed acanthite, stephanite, and proustite/pyrargyrite crystals. Sabina (1974) ROM# 237, E2593, M12307, M18587

O'Brien Mine, Lot 4, Con.VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite/quartz veins with silver, "smaltite" Satterly(1977). A specimen with an unusual iridescent tarnish was examined by Ellsworth(1916)  ROM# E2723, M8791, M8792, M8816, M9699, M9738, M11111, M14616, M15625, M15824, M16637

Porcupine Mine, Gillies Township, Thunder Bay District - rich pockets of acanthite in leaf and nugget form with wire silver, witherite, sulfides, etc. Sabina(1991)

Premier Langmuir Mining Co. property, Langmuir Township, west of Night Hawk River - with silver in barite veins, Miller(1913)

Prince's Mine, Spar Island, Thunder Bay District -with sulfides, etc. in quartz-calcite veins at the contact of argillite and diabase. Sabina(1991)

Rabbit Mountain Mine, Lots 9,10, Con.VI, Scoble Twp., Thunder Bay District - with silver in quartz/calcite/barite/fluorite vein Satterly(1977) ROM# M25511

Ross Mine, Holtyre, 8.8 km from Hwy.11, Cochrane District - minor, in quartz and quartz-carbonate rocks cutting volcanic rocks and syenite. Sabina (1974)

Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District - superb silver wire from a vein in a brecciated fault zone in a diabase dike. Wilson(1986), Satterly(1977) ROM# 918, 2103, 2109, M9964

Silver Cliff Mine, Lot 3, Con.VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite". Satterly(1977) ROM# M18583

Silver Queen Mine, Lot 7, Con.V, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming District - calcite veins with silver, "smaltite", sulfides, nickeline. Satterly(1977) ROM# M20243

South McKellar Island - leaves, with sulfides, silver, etc., in a calcite vein in diabase. Sabina(1991)

South Lorrain Township, Timiskaming District - with silver, calcite. Satterly(1977) ROM# M14489, M24796

Sultana Mine, Sultana Island, NE Lake of the Woods, Kenora District - from a gold bearing quartz vein. Satterly(1977)  ROM# E1861

Thunder Bay Mine, near the Terry Fox Lookout, Thunder Bay District - found with silver in pockets up to 45 cm wide and 12 meters long. Sabina(1991)

Victoria Pit, SW of Stanley, Rabbit Mtn. area, Thunder Bay District - with silver, sulfides, in calcite-quartz-barite-fluorite gangue. Sabina(1991)

Victory Mine, near Cobalt, Timiskaming District - found with silver and pyrargyrite/proustite in "very small high-grade pockets." Sabina (1974)

West End Silver Mountain Mine, Lybster Twp., Thunder Bay District - calcite/quartz/barite/fluorite vein with silver, sulfides, Sabina(1991) ROM#E2581. ROM specimens from Silver Mountain: #11897, M20528, M20533, M28555, M29461

West Beaver Mine, SW of Stanley, Rabbit Mtn. area, Thunder Bay District - with silver, sulfides, rose quartz, in calcite-quartz-barite-fluorite gangue. Sabina(1991)

Willroy Mine, east side of Slim Lake, 3 km north of Manitouwadge, Thunder Bay District - associated with galena. Sabina(1991)

ACTINOLITE

   A common mineral in the Bancroft district. Typically shades of green, radiating acicular. Forms a series with tremolite, from which it is difficult to distinguish.

Actinolite Mine, 4.8 km east of Actinolite, Elzevir Township- grayish green to dark green, long fibrous aggregates to 30 cm long, called actinolite but which are actually an alteration product composed of actinolite, serpentine, talc, and chlorite, were mined here for use as a roofing material. Sabina(1970)

Adair Occurrence, Lot 3, Con. A, Somerville Twp., Victoria County - in Grenville marble. Satterly(1977), ROM# M20419

Armstrong Brothers Quarry, just south of the Marmoraton Mine, near Madoc - with hornblende, pyrite, epidote, magnetite, in basalt. Sabina(1970)

Blairton Mine, near Madoc - with epidote, garnet, serpentine, tourmaline, in calcite veins cutting magnetite, in skarn and metamorphic pyroxenite. Sabina(1970)

Bluff Point Mine, 2.4 km south of Calabogie - dull green bladed, with chlorite, Sabina(1971)

Bonville Occurrence, 9.3 km SW of Bancroft, Lots 22, 23, Con. A, Faraday Township, Hastings County- with pyroxene, "hornblende", epidote, calcite, beta-uranophane, uranothorite, apatite, tremolite, quartz, feldspar, pyrochlore; pegmatites cutting marble, Masson & Gordon (1981)

Brazil Lake Occurrence, near Espanola, Sudbury District - a constituent of the amphibolite host rock, veins cutting it contain world-class cobaltite crystals. Sabina(1991)

Buckhorn Occurrence, Lot 30, Con.IV, Bagot Twp., Renfrew County - in Grenville marble. Satterly(1977), ROM# M20073, M32517

Cobalt District - actinolite is a minor gangue mineral in many of the mines in the Cobalt area. Sabina(1974)

Crean Hill Mine, Lot 5, Con. V, Denison Twp., Sudbury District - Satterly(1977), ROM# E3085

Curtis Quarry, near Madoc - dark green radiating aggregates in marble. Sabina(1970)

Falcon Mine, Sudbury District - a talc-actinolite schist is cut by quartz-calcite veins which host pyrite crystals to 2 cm. Sabina(1991)

Golden Fleece (Addington) Mine - radiating, bladed, in gold-bearing quartz-carbonate veins. Sabina(1970)

Griffith Mine, Kenora District - with epidote, chlorite, feldspar, quartz, in veins in iron formation. Sabina(1991)

Highway 7, 2 miles east of Marmora, Lot 6/7, Con.Vii, Marmora Twp., Hastings County - with epidote, augite. Satterly(1977), ROM# M30592

Highway 28 road cuts, near Bancroft, measured from the junction of Bridge St E (Hwy 28) and Hastings St.North (Hwy 62): @ km 12.2-12.4 - with dark green pyroxene, hornblende, epidote, in fractures in amphibolite; @ km 14.5-14.8 - white to light green tremolite-actinolite in crystalline limestone; @ km 18-18.8 - tremolite-actinolite with tourmaline, mica, pyrite, in crystalline limestone; @ km 31.7 - with calcite, pyrite, tremolite; @ km 38.5 - light green, with mica, graphite, pyrite, tourmaline, "clinopyroxene", tremolite. Sabina (1986)

Kaladar Twp., Lennox and Addington Counties - Satterly(1977), ROM# E1118

Lacey Mica Mine, north of Kingston - dark green fibrous aggregates, with some interesting associates, including mica crystals to 2.75 meters across, apatite to 25 cm, pyroxene to 45 cm long, titanite to 10 cm, and datolite to 3.5 cm. Sabina(1983)

Lot 33, Con. XIV, 1.25 miles south of Wilberforce, Monmouth Twp., Haliburton County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M20086

Lot 25, Con.V, 1/2 mile south of Gooderham, Glamorgan Twp., Haliburon County - in Grenville marble. Satterly(1977), ROM# M30831, M30832, M32919, M30838, M33632

Lot 23, Con.VII, Dysart Twp., Haliburton County - with talc, calcite. Satterly(1977), ROM# M20300

Lot 24, Con. X, Barrie Twp., Frontenac County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M19604

Lot 23, Con.XIV, Monteith Twp., Parry Sound District - Satterly(1977), ROM# M18896

Lot 13, Con.XI, Kaladar Twp., Lennox and Addington Counties - Satterly(1977), ROM# M18918

Lot 34, Con. IV, Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M20072

McLaren Phosphate Mine, north of Kingston - green radiating aggregates with apatite, "hornblende", garnet, mica, pyrite, in calcite veins cutting Precambrian gneiss. Sabina(1983)

Moose Mountain Mine, Sudbury District - with magnetite, quartz, "hornblende", grunerite, forming banded iron formation. Sabina(1991)

Morrison Mine, Cobalt District - an amphibole tentatively identified as actinolite was noted on the dumps in dark green bladed masses, with calcite and epidote in diabase, Sabina(1974)

near Actinolite, Elzevir Twp., Hastings County - Satterly(1977), ROM# 11412, 11442, M30871

near Flinton, Kaladar Twp., Lennox and Addington Counties - Satterly(1977), ROM# M17585

near Sharbot Lake, Oso Twp., Frontenac County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M29759

near Maple Leaf, Wicklow Twp., Hastings County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M29751

Richard Lake Occurrence, Kenora District - with epidote, feldspar, in fractures in altered volcanic rock. Sabina(1991)

Rocky Islet Quarry, Rainy River District - bladed, with tremolite, epidote, pyrite, tourmaline, magnetite, goethite, in fractures in diorite. Sabina(1991)

Seymour Mine, near Madoc - with magnetite, chlorite, calcite, in rhyolite and amphibolite. Sabina(1970)

Silver Queen Mines, north of Kingston - prismatic crystals, dark green, in pink calcite, with mica, apatite, scapolite, tourmaline, etc. Sabina(1983)

Star Gold Mine, near Kaladar - "Attractive specimens of dark green bladed and sheaf-like aggregates... in white to pink and rose-colored marble." Sabina(1970)

Starratt-Olsen Mine, Kenora District - found on the dumps with pyrite, epidote, calcite.Sabina(1991)

Talc Mine, near Madoc - dark green, in amphibolite, with talc, dolomite, chlorite. Sabina(1970)

Victory Mine, Cobalt District - one of many mines in the Cobalt area with actinolite as a minor gangue mineral, Sabina(1974)

Westmeath Township, Renfrew County - light greenish, acicular, massive,  analyzed by Hoffmann (1892-3)

Wollaston Lake (3.2 km SE of), Con.III, Wollaston Twp., Hastings County - Satterly(1977), ROM# M21185

York River Skarn Zone, east side of the York River, 320 meters north of Highway 500, 11 km east of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario - disseminated grains or small crystals of colorless to light green "tremolite-actinolite" in marble. Sabina(1986)

AEGIRINE

Bigwood Township, 6.4 km below French River station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sudbury District - attractive yellow-green to deep green radiating needles to 2.5 cm in nepheline syenite. Walker et al (1926) ROM #M15062

Nova Beaucage Mine, east end of Newman Island, Lake Nipissing, 10.4 km SW of the wharf at North Bay - in carbonatite. Sabina(1971)

AENIGMATITE

Downey Occurrence, near Shack Lake, Marathon District - reported to occur with "spectrolite" feldspar, tourmaline, "hornblende", "clinopyroxene", bastnaesite, apatite, and calcite. Sabina(1991) Could use confirmation, as this appears to be a unique occurrence in the province.

AESCHYNITE  [presumably Aeschynite-(Ce)]

Patterson occurrence, Lots 12, 18, Con. XVI, Herschel Twp. - "eschynite-priorite" reported by Rowe (1958)

Lot 3, Con. A, Henvey Township - "eschynite-priorite" reported in granite pegmatite, Trail (1980)

Plexman Occurrence, 1 km west of Wolfden Lake and 8 km east of Madawaska, Lot 22, Con. I, Dickens Twp., Nipissing District - vitreous to dull black, to 2 cm, in granite pegmatite. Masson & Gordon(1981)

AIKINITE

Aguanico Mine, Lot 15, Con. I, Bucke Township, Timiskaming District - with "smaltite", silver, minor sulfides, in calcite veins. Satterly(1977) ROM #M21001, M21271

Silver Miller Mine, Lot 2, Con. III, Coleman Township, Timiskaming District - with silver, "smaltite", nickeline, breithauptite, minor sulfides, in calcite-quartz veins. Satterly(1977) ROM #M21112

Silanco Mine, Cobalt  - identified by x-ray powder diffraction. Traill(1980)

AKAGANEITE

Deep Copper Zone, Strathcona Mine - fracture filling material, an alteration product of hibbingite, associated with chalcopyrite, pentlandite, pyrosmalite, phlogopite, sepiolite, grunerite, garnet, cubnite, etc. Springer(1989)

AKTASHITE

Hemlo Gold Deposits, Thunder Bay District - associated with gold, molybdenite, pyrite, cinnabar, stibnite, realgar, aurostibite, zinkenite, and tetrahedrite-tennantite, in sericite schist, silaceous metasedimentary and fragmental rocks, Sabina(1991)

ALBITE

   A common mineral, abundant in the pegmatites of the Grenville Province. Fine crystals are known from a few localities, and good lapidary material, with an attractive blue schiller, is still fairly easily collected.

Burnham pegmatite deposit,  Lot 3, Con.X, Portland Twp., Frontenac Co. - attractive pale red "peristerite" Spence(1930): Am.Min., 15, p.436

Beryl Pit, Lot 23, Con.XV, Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew Co., near Quadeville - fine white bladed masses of albite have been found here, as well as superb freestanding xls from micro to 3cm, usually colorless, rarely pale blue; some with micro inclusions of hematite or schorl; as well as much fine lapidary-quality material with a blue schiller - more info here

Cameron Quarry, near Madawaska - one of the main pegmatite constituents, with oligoclase, microcline, quartz. Some is the white platy variety. Sabina(1971)

Cameron and Aleck Quarry, near Madawaska - lapidary grade pink "peristerite" of fair to poor quality is present. Sabina(1971)

Cardiff Twp. (north half), Haliburton Co., a few km east of Wilberforce - colorless to reddish "peristerite", Parsons(1934)

Carey Quarry, 3.2km north of Mackey - pink "peristerite" with blue schiller, Sabina(1971)

Caribou Lake (a pit near a small pond north of) , Lot 16, Con.V, McConkey Twp., Parry Sound district - fine specimens of "peristerite" reported, Traill(1980)

Cobalt, South Lorrain Mines - a minor constituent of the gangue at mines in the area, Sabina(1974)

Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Twp., Timmins - found in the ore zone in quartz-calcite veins with tourmaline, axinite, clinozoisite, epidote, sericite, chlorite, Sabina(1974)

J.G. Gole Quarry, 3.2km north of Madawaska, near Bancroft - pink "peristerite" and grayish pink "sunstone", suitable for lapidary work, Sabina(1971)

Lot 19, Con.IX, Bathurst Twp., "peristerite" analyzed by T.S.Hunt, GSC, Geology of Canada, 1863

Lot 24 (north half), Con.VI, Monteagle Twp. - flesh colored "peristerite" analyzed by Meen(1933); a chemical cause for the iridescence of material from the same Twp. was sought by Parsons (1930)

Lot 2, Con.III, Wicklow Twp., Hastings Co. - large crystals are in the National Mineral collection

McIntyre Mine, near Timmins, Tisdale Twp. - found in the ore zone, Sabina(1974)

near Sundridge, Strong Twp., Parry Sound Disrict - has produced "moonstone" with brilliant fire. Waite(1944)

Purdy Mine, near Mattawa - a pegmatite with "...considerable amounts of albite..." Sabina(1971)

Silver Crater Mine, near Bancroft - "Greenish white albite crystals up to 30 cm in diameter have been found." Sabina(1986)

Stoney Lake shore, near the shore of Eel Creek, Burleigh Twp., Peterborough Co. - a pegmatite vein outcropping along the shore of Stoney Lake contains "peristerite", GSC Ann. Rept., 1887-8

ALEKSITE

Barringer Mine, Timmins - minute grains; a Pb, Bi, Te sulfide known from only a few localities. Handbook of Mineralogy, Volume I, 1990, p.7

ALLANITE-(Ce)

   A common mineral in the granite pegmatites of the Bancroft area, seldom aesthetic though it has been found in enormous tabular crystals up to a meter in length. This mineral is being studied by Scott Ercit, who has found variations in chemistry which will result in it being split into new species.

Ambeau Mine, Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Sabina(1986)

Baptiste Lake South Road cut, left side, 9.6 km from junction with Hwy.62 - irregular patches, Sabina(1986)

Beryl Pit, near Quadeville - common dark brown/black tabular crystals embedded in pegmatite, to 5cm +, Sabina(1971)

between Strain and Burns, Griffith Twp., Renfrew Co., Heinrich, E.W., 1959: Can. Mineralogist, 6, pp.339-47

Bicroft (Centre Lake) Mine, Con. XI, Lot 27, Cardiff Twp., Satterly(1977)

Briar Court Mines Property, Haliburton, Sabina(1970)

Cameron and Aleck Mine, Lot 17, Con. VI, Murchison Twp., ROM #M34118, Satterly(1977), Sabina(1971)

Cameron Quarry, near Madawaska, Sabina(1971)

Cardiff Mine Property, Wilberforce - fine xls, MRV 13 #2, p.72

Cavendish Mine, Con.VII, Lot 14, Cavendish Twp., - ROM #M24579, Satterly(1977)

Cobalt-Gowganda area - the most abundant of the RE minerals in the area, minute grains and aggregates, Jambor, J.L., 1971:Can.Mineralogist, 11, p.248

Concession VII, Lot 20, Monmouth Twp., Haliburton Co., Traill(1980)

Concessions XII, XIII, Lot 6-10, Cardiff Twp., Haliburton Co., Traill(1980)

Concession A, Lot 13, Hagarty Twp., Renfrew Co., Traill(1980)

Concession IX, Lot 4, 9, 10, Conger Twp., Parry Sound dist., Traill(1980)

Concession B, Lot 5, Henvey Twp., Parry Sound dist. - found in a granite pegmatite, Trail(1980)

Concession IX, Lot 20, Calvin Twp., Nipissing dist., Traill(1980)

Concession XV, Lots 23, 25, 30, Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew Co., Traill(1980)

Concession XI, Lots 16, 17, Faraday Twp., Hastings Co., Traill(1980)

Concession III, Lot 27, 28, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co.,   Traill(1980)

Concession VI, Lots 20, 21,  Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co., Traill(1980)

Concession VII, Lots 11, 18, 19, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co., Traill(1980)

Concession VI, Lots 1-4, Butt Twp., Nipissing dist., Traill(1980)

Concession VII, Lots 11, 13, Butt Twp., Nipissing dist., Traill(1980)

Concession XII, Lot 6, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co., Traill(1980)

Concession V, VI, Lot 5, Lount Twp., Parry Sound district - Satterly(1955)

Concession I, Lot 20, Chapman Twp., Parry Sound district, Traill(1980)

Concession IV, Lot 14, Murchison Twp., Nipissing District, Traill(1980)

Concession VI, Lot 17, Murchison Twp., Nipissing District, Traill(1980)

Concession VIII, Lot 22, Murchison Twp., Nipissing District, Traill(1980)

Concession XVI, Lot 2, Cardiff Twp., Haliburton Co., in a syenite pegmatite, ROM#M22264, M24574, Traill(1980)

Concession XX, Lots 7, 8, Cardiff Twp., Haliburton Co., in a calc-fluorite pegmatite, Traill(1980)

Concession VIII, Lot 2, Olden Twp., Frontenac County, Satterly(1970)

Craigmont Mine, near Combermere, Sabina(1971)

Croft Mine, near Wilberforce, Sabina(1986)

Crystal Lake (Silver Crater) prospect, Con.X, Lot 23, Galway Twp., - ROM #M32399, Satterly(1977)

Davis Quarry, near Bancroft - Sabina(1986)

Desmont Mine, near Wilberforce, Sabina(1986)

Dickens Twp., Nipissing district - Harvard specimen #102506, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Dyno Mine, near Bancroft, Sabina(1986)

Eau Claire (near), Nipissing district - Harvard specimen #98905, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Elizabeth Mine, Wahnapitei district, Sabina(1991)

Faraday Mine, Lots 16, 17, Con. XI, Faraday Twp., Hastings Co., ROM# M24025, M24571, M24584, M24587, M25897, M32373, M32443, Satterly(1977); dark brown to black tabular xls to 7.5mm long, Sabina(1986)

Five Mile Quarry, ~2.4 km N of Opeongo, Dickens Twp. - dull brown laths in feldspar, Sabina(1971)

Frontenac Co., Olden Twp., ROM#m26709, Satterly(1977)

Fry Lake (a pegmatite near), south of Seguin Falls, Con. B, Lots 20, 21, Monteith Twp., Parry Sound dist., - good crystals, 3-19mm in diameter, Walker and Parsons(1923), Ellsworth (1932)

Gale Mine, Con. IV, Lot 14, Murchison Twp., Nipissing dist. - Harvard specimen #102499, 102661, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Greyhawk Mine, near Bancroft, Sabina(1986)

Harcourt Graphite Mine, near Wilberforce, Sabina(1986)

Hemlo Gold Deposits, near Marathon, Sabina(1991)

Hwy.11 near Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., ROM# M22098, Satterly(1977)

Hwy 60 roadcut, 5.9 km W of Douglas, Sabina(1971)

Hwy 17 roadcut, 6.6 km SE of Cobden, Sabina(1971)

Hwy 648 South roadcuts, near the Dyno Mine, Bancroft district, Sabina(1986)

Hwy 35 roadcut, 20.6 km from junction with Hwy 121, between Minden and Norland - black massive in granite gneiss, Sabina(1986)

Hwy 503 roadcut, N side, 12.4 km from junction with 507 - dark brown, Sabina(1986)

Hybla, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co., ROM #M17256, M17352, Satterly(1977)

J.G. Gole Quarry, Madawaska - large black tabular xls, Ercit (2002)

Kenmac Chibougamau Mine, near Gooderham, Sabina(1986)

Liscombe property, Monmouth Twp., Haliburton Co., Harvard specimen #102412, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Long Lake, Olden Twp., Frontenac Co. - fine large black tabular xls to 10 cm, MRV 13 #2, p.72

Lyndoch Twp., Con.V, Lot 23, Renfrew Co. - Harvard specimen #102521, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County - Harvard specimen #102517, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177

Macdonald Mine, near Hybla, Lot 18, Con. VII, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co. - Harvard specimen # 102522, 102599, 96020, analysed by J.W. Frondel, 1964: Am.Min. 49, pp.1159-1177; ROM # M14610, M22096, Satterly(1977); very large crystals Sabina(1986)

Madawaska Mine - see Faraday Mine

McCormack Mine, near Hybla, Sabina(1986)

McQuire Mine, Parry Sound-Huntsville area - small crystals, Sabina(1986)

Mill Lake Quarry, Parry Sound-Huntsville area -small lustrous black masses in gneiss, Sabina(1986)

Molybdenum Corporation of America deposit, Con. XI, N half of Lot 11, Cardiff Twp, Satterly(1977)

Muskwa Lake (feldspar quarry west side of), Deacon Twp., 4.4 km NE of Brent - dull greenish black, Sabina(1971)

North side of Pickerel and Jacks Lakes road, near Burks Falls, Conc. XI, Lot 7, Armour Twp. - ROM #M34034, Satterly (1977)

Nu-World Uranium Mine, near Gooderham - black plates to 2cm, in calcite pods in pegmatite, Sabina(1986)

Ojaipee Mine, Parry Sound-Huntsville area - 90x7x3 cm crystals!, bastnaesite ps allanite, CMV11#2, pp.541-543; Sabina(1986)

Plunket Mine, near Hybla, Sabina(1986)

Purdy Mica Mine, 4.8 km N of Hwy 17 from a point 18 km W of Mattawa, Sabina(1971)

Rare Earth Mine, Con. VIII, Lot 20, Monmouth Twp., Haliburton Co., ROM #M32353, M32354, M32355, M32356, M32360; platy black crystals to 4cm long, Sabina(1986)

Richard Lake (W and N of), MacNicol Twp., Kenora Dist.,  A.P. Pryslak, 1976: ODM, GR130, pp.43-45; Sabina(1991)

Richardson (Fission) Mine, Con.XXI, Lot 4, Cardiff Twp. Satterly(1977), Sabina(1986)

Roughrock Lake (SE shore), Winnipeg River, 14.4 km N-NE of Minaki - altering to bastnaesite, Cerny, P., & Cerna, I., 1972: Can. Mineralogist, 49, pp.541-3

Saranac Mine, near Bancroft - platy, grey to black, Sabina(1986)

Thompson Mine, near Hybla, Sabina(1986)

Tripp (Nu-Age) Mine, near Wilberforce, Sabina(1986)

ALLANITE-(Y)

J.G. Gole Quarry, near Madawaska, Murchison Township -  New Dana, p.1198

ALLARGENTUM

Mulcahy Township, 1,200 meters S-SW of the south end of Trout Bay, 32 km W of Red Lake - a few grains with silver, found in polished section - Cabri, L. J.; Harris, D. C.; Stewart, J. M. (1970) Paracostibite (CoSbS) and nisbite (NiSB2), new minerals from the Red Lake area, Ontario, Canada.Canadian Mineralogist V10, Part 2, pp.232-246

ALLOCLASITE

Cobalt-Gowganda area - Found as euhedral crystals around safflorite, as alternating layers with glaucodot, as separate euhedral crystals embedded in calcite at the cores of rosettes, and massive, W.Petruk, D. Harris, J.Stewart, 1971: CM, 11, p.180-2

ALMANDINE

   One of the more common garnets, typically found in mica schists. The most notable locality is River Valley, which has produced good crystals up to fist size. The garnet group is somewhat cursed, as the variability of the chemistry and appearance of its members results in authors discussing the group as a whole instead of as separate species. Much analysis would be required to organize the garnets of Ontario.

Brier Hill Road, 2.6 km east of Morton, South Crosby Twp. - flattened and elongated crystals were noted from this and elsewhere in Grenville gneiss of the Gananoque area, Blackburn, W.H. & Dennen, W.H.(1968) Am. Mineralogist, 53, p.1386

Clear Lake anticline, Westport area - pink to red, intermediate in composition btw almandine and pyrope, Wynne-Edwards, H.R. (1967) GSC Memoir 346, p.20

CPR cuts 2 km W of the railway bridge over the Wabingoon River, Sabina (1963)

Fishtail Lake (N shore), Harcourt Township, Lal, R.K & Moorhouse, W.W. (1969) Can. Jour. Earth Sci., 6, p.145

Garnet Bay shores, NW end of Eagle Lake - large crystals in chloritic schist, Sabina (1963)

High Falls Road Occurrences, Sudbury district - dark red with staurolite, titanite, chloritoid, Sabina(1991)

Hwy 17 roadcuts east of Dryden, Sabina (1963)

Lake Opinicon, Westport area - pink to red, intermediate in composition btw almandine and pyrope, Wynne-Edwards, H.R. (1967) GSC Memoir 346, p.20

Mattabi Mine, south of Sturgeon Lake - coarse aggregates to 10 across, Sabina(1991)

Miminiska Lake - from arkosic schists and amphibolite, Stockwell, C.H. (1927) Am. Mineralogist 12, p.343

Rideau Lake (N shore), Westport area - pink to red, intermediate in composition btw almandine and pyrope, Wynne-Edwards, H.R. (1967) GSC Memoir 346, p.20

River Valley Occurrence, Dana Twp. -  The deposit is on a ridge about 9 km north of River Valley, and consists of a few pits and strippings. Crystals to 15 cm (7") were found here, and abundant golfball size dodecahedra, purplish pink to dark red and fairly well formed but with rough faces, have weathered from the mica schist. Sabina(1971)  A photo of a 7 cm crystal is here

Ruby Mine, near Bancroft, Con. XV, Lot 9, Ashby Twp. - crystals to 15mm, pink to red, making up ~ 30% of the rock. 1,420 tonnes of garnet ore were produced between 1922 and 1924, Sabina (1986)

Thunder Lake - crystals to 12mm in biotite schist, outcropping on the NW, W, and S shores, Sabina (1963)

ALTAITE

   A common telluride in Ontario gold deposits, generally as small masses associated with gold, sulfides, and other tellurides. Seams to 12 mm wide are known from the Kirkland Lake area. Hawley(1948)

Ardeen (Moss, Huronian, Shebandowan) Mine, Moss Twp., Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.361

Ashley Mine, Claim 8194, 20 km NW of Matachewan, NW part of Bannockburn Twp., Timiskaming dist. - in a quartz vein with gold, sulfides, ROM #M26860, CM,V21,pp.137-143; Satterly(1977); Thomson, E. (1932) Univ. Tor. Studies, Geol. Ser., 32, p.27; Sabina (1974)

Bidgood Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

Chambers-Ferland Group, near Schreiber, Thomson, E. (1932) Univ. Tor. Studies, Geol. Ser., 16, p.39

Dome Mine, Porcupine goldfield, Burrows, A.G.(1924) ODM Ann. Rept., V33, Pt.II, p.54; Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina (1974)

Gold Eagle Mine, Red Lake area, Horwood, H.C. (1940) ODM Ann. Rept., V49, Pt.II, pp.114, 166

Goldlund Mine, Sioux Lookout area - with gold in quartz veins in granodiorite, Sabina(1991)

Hemlo Gold deposits - uncommon, finely disseminated, Sabina(1991)

Hollinger Mine, Porcupine goldfield, Burrows, A.G.(1924) ODM Ann. Rept., V33, Pt.II, p.54, Sabina (1974)

Howey Mine, Red Lake area, Horwood, H.C. (1940) ODM Ann. Rept., V49, Pt.II, pp.114, 166

Kirkland Lake Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362, Sabina(1974)

Kirkland Golden Gate Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362

Lake Shore Mine, east-central Teck Twp., Timiskaming dist. - with coloradoite, gold, in quartz stringers, stockworks, breccia bodies, ROM # M14902, M17391, M31104, M31105, Satterly(1977); Todd, E.W. (1928): ODM, Ann. Rept., V37, Pt.II, p.74; the most abundant telluride in Kirkland Lake's richest mine, Sabina(1974)

Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

McGill Gold Mines property, Hincks Twp. - in quartz stringers cutting basalt, Rickaby, H.C. (1931) ODM Ann. Rept., V41, Pt.II, pp.12-19

McKenzie Mine, Red Lake area, Horwood, H.C. (1940) ODM Ann. Rept., V49, Pt.II, pp.114, 166; Sabina(1991)

New Golden Rose Mine, Emerald Lake, Afton Twp., Timagami area. - gold-quartz-pyrite lenses in iron formation near a porphyry dike, ROM #10875, Satterly(1977)

Newlund Mines Ltd. property, Echo Twp., ~150 meters east of No.4 Zone - with gold in a quartz vein cutting lavas, Armstrong, H.S. (1950) ODM Ann. Rept., V59, Pt.V, p.35

Red Lake Gold Shore Mine, Red Lake district - with gold, sulfides, in shear zone in granite, Sabina(1991)

Sudbury Nickel-Copper deposits - a minor constituent, Sabina(1991)

Sylvanite Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

Teck-Hughes Mine, east-central Teck Twp., Timiskaming dist. - with gold in quartz veins and mineralized country rock, ROM #11896, M13535, M24798, Satterly(1977); Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

Three Ladies (Kenricia) Mine, Clearwater Bay, Lake of the Woods district - with gold, galena, pyrite, Thomson, E. (1936-37) Univ. Tor. Studies, Geol. Ser. 40, p.100; Sabina(1991)

Toburn (Tough-Oakes) Mine, Mile 4, Teck and Lebel Townships, Timiskaming dist. - with petzite, gold, coloradoite, in quartz veins, ROM #M13536, M13537, M13538, M13726, M17388, M20976, M31102, M31103, M31106; Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

Upper Canada Mine, Kirkland Lake district, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

Wright-Hargreaves Mine, Kirkland Lake area, Thompson, R.M. (1949) Am.Mineralogist 34, p.362; Sabina(1974)

AMBLYGONITE

M.N.W. Group property, ~2.4 km west of Cosgrave Lake - A small amount found in drill cores from a pegmatite. Mulligan, R.(1956) GSC Paper 57-3, p.15

ANALCIME

   Perhaps the most common member of the zeolite group in the province, but apparently rather rare in crystals of any size. Commony massive and intermixed, doubtless analysis of alteration minerals in the nepheline syenites would turn up further occurrences. Only recently have the zeolites of the Grenville been looked into; they are more common than expected and worthy of study, as evidenced by the work of Van Velthuizen(1991).

between Longlac and Jellicoe - well formed dull white crystals in contact zones between diabase and greenstone, Burrows, A.G. (1917) ODM Ann. Rept., V26, p.246

Calvert Twp., Cochrane district - ROM #M11647, Satterly (1977)

Concession IV, Lot 29, Glamorgan Twp., Haliburton Co. - with muscovite(?), calcite, ROM #M19890, Satterly (1977)

Davis Hill area localities - 1-10 mm crystals, found in carbonate-cored vein dikes and related metapyroxenites, Van Velthuizen(1991)

Egan Chute occurrences, west side of the York River, near Bancroft - pink massive, Sabina(1986)

Gill Quarries, ~ 4 km east of Gooderham, Glamorgan Twp. - white massive, associated with cancrinite, Sabina(1986)

Khartoum area localities, near Bancroft - 1-10 mm crystals, found in carbonate-cored vein dikes and related metapyroxenites, Van Velthuizen(1991)

near Fairloch, Kilkenny Twp, Thunder Bay district - ROM #15007, Satterly (1977)

Nephton Quarry, Methuen Twp., Peterborough County - crystals in vugs in syenite, Sabina(1970)

Nipissing Black Granite Quarry, McWilliams Twp., near River Valley - olive green masses in white radiating natrolite filling cracks in anorthosite, Sabina(1971)

Princess Sodalite Mine, near Bancroft - massive white, produced by alteration of sodalite, Sabina(1986)

railroad cuts between Orient Bay and Fairclough - crystals to 4 cm with pectolite, prehnite, in openings in olivine diabase, T.Walker, A.Parsons, 1926, Univ.Toronto Stud., Geol. Ser., 22, p.19

Warneford Station, Kitto Twp., Thunder Bay district - at contact of schistose mafic volcanics, ROM #M9842, Satterly (1977)

Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay district - with native copper in amygdaloidal lavas, Hunt, T.S. (1863) GSC, Geology of Canada, p.481; ROM #M6248, Satterly (1977)

Vardy Quarry, near Bancroft - pink to mauve masses in grey nepheline, Sabina(1986)

ANATASE

Baptiste Lake South Road roadcut, north side, 12.1 km from the junction with Hwy 62 - a grey to brownish alteration product of warwickite, forming "transverse irregular lines on prism faces giving them a ribbed effect...", found in chondrodite-rich bands in dolomitic crystalline limestone with a suite of rare minerals including sinhalite, szaibelyite and tochilinite. Sabina(1986)

Beryl Pit, Con.XV, Lot 23, Lyndoch Twp., near Quadeville - columbian rich xln aggregate, Hewitt(1953)

Bicroft Mine, near Cardiff - rare grains in pegmatite dykes from one of the top uranium producing mines in the Bancroft district. Sabina(1986)

Blind River district - found in radioactive conglomerate as brown grains and as a creamy-white colored alteration product of brannerite. Traill, R.J.(1954) Can. Mining J., 75, pp.63-8

Cameron and Aleck Quarry, 4.8 km NW of Madawaska - creamy-white masses in 'hornblende', Sabina(1971)

Carey pegmatite, 3.2 km north of Mackay - tan colored, Sabina(1971)

Cobalt & South Lorrain district mines - a minor constituent of the gangue, Sabina(1974)

Con.XVI, Lot 9, Chandos Twp. - brown grains in magnetite from leucogranite and granite pegmatite, Satterly (1956)

Con.B, Lot 5, Henvey Township, Parry Sound  District - A highly interesting and unusual occurrence of large titanite crystal masses, to several kilograms, altered to a clay mineral with a silaceous cellular structure upon which are numerous small lustrous black anatase crystals. F.T. Pouth, 1934: Am.Mineralogist, 19, pp.599-602

Elliot Lake Uranium deposits - Sabina(1991)

Hwy 17 roadcut, 3.4 km west of junction with Hwy 105 - a cream-colored alteration of titanite, with magnetite, amphibole, in biotite granite, Sabina(1991)

Hwy 60  roadcuts, 7.5 miles from junction with Hwy 17 - rare blue grains in crystalline limestone with pyroxene, serpentine, calcite, tremolite, pyrite, graphite, mica, apatite, tourmaline, titanite, Sabina(1971)

Hwy 512 roadcuts, both sides, 12.5 km  south of Hwy 60 junction - dark brown granular aggregates, Sabina(1971)

near Cheddar, Cardiff Twp., Haliburton Co. - ROM #M17335, Satterly(1977); Ontario Dept. Mines, 1957, V66 Pt.3

Parkhill Mine, ~3.5 km SE of Wawa, McMurray Twp., Algoma District - associated with gold, quartz, ROM #M33979, Satterly(1977); Ont. Dept. Mines Minerals Resource Circular 13, p.32, 1971

ANCYLITE-(Ce)

Desmont Mine, near Wilberforce - light yellow, closely associated with stillwellite and hydroxylbastnaesite in coarsely crystalline cream-white to pink calcite, Sabina(1986)

ANDALUSITE

Cochenour-Willans Mine - small grains noted as part of a metamorphosed sediment called "paint rock", Traill (1983)

Con. V, Lot 5, Beattie Twp. - large prisms noted in thin sections of a green metamorphosed rock, Hopkins, P.E. (1915) ODM Ann. Rept., V24, Pt.IV, p.175

Frond Lake, SE of Keezhik Lake, Patricia Portion, Kenora District - ROM #M19845, Satterly(1977); ODM V51, Pt.3, 1942

High Falls Road Occurrences, Sudbury district - reported from an outcrop with almandine, staurolite, titanite, chloritoid, Sabina(1991)

Mattabi Mine, south of Sturgeon Lake - bladed crystals to 5mm and minute porphyroblasts in an alteration zone in rhyolite, Sabina(1991)

Rat House Bay, Sandy Lake, Patricia Portion, Kenora District - 'chiastolite' schist, ROM #M19405, Satterly(1977); ODM V47, Pt.7, p.22, 1938

ANDRADITE

   The garnets of Ontario need a lot of work, as the variability of the chemistry and the appearance of the group members results in authors discussing the group as a whole instead of as separate species. Doubtless there are localities besides these.

Con.XIII, Lots 6 &7, Tudor Township, Hastings County - good crystal specimens reported, Johnston, R.A. (1915), GSC Memoir 74, p.17

Dungannon Township, Hastings Co. - in nepheline syenites, analyzed by Harrington, B.J., Canadian Record of Sciences, VI, p.480

MacDonald Mine, Lots 18 & 19, Con. VII, Monteagle Twp., Hastings Co. - rounded masses, rough crystals, unusual in that they are radioactive, with 1.14 % rare earth content, Ellsworth(1932, p.208; Tarassoff(1998)

Marmoraton Iron Mine, near Marmora - druses of fine sharp, lustrous crystals, red to black, literally tons of specimens produced in the past. Microprobe analysis by George Robinson indicates that most large, dark brown dodecahedra are 70% andradite, 30% grossular; the lighter colored red-brown trapezohedra are 60% grossular and 40% andradite, Chamberlain(1982)

Morrison Mine, Timiskaming District - grains in quartz, Sabina(1974)

Paxton Iron Mine, Concs. V & VI, Lot 5, Lutterworth Twp., Haliburton Co. - black, analyzed by Harrington, B.J., Canadian Record of Sciences, VI, p.480

ANGLESITE

  Doubtless more common in the province than it appears; relatively low-power microscopic examination of weathered galena from any number of occurrences should reveal this and other overlooked but interesting secondaries.

Dundas Quarry, 40 km west of Hamilton, Lots 10 & 11, Con. III, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co. - white coating on sulfides, Sabina(1986)

Goulais River Mine, ~25 km north of Sault Ste. Marie - clear colorless crystals and banded green and white crystals on galena with curussite, hematite, goethite, other sulfides, Sabina(1991)

Hollandia Mine, near Bannockburn - greyish white coating on galena, with cerussite, Sabina(1970)

ANHYDRITE

Atikokan Mine, ~23 km east of Atikokan - white, paint-like, secondary mineral found on the dumps, Sabina(1991)

Caledonia district - underground mines in the area exploit lens-like deposits of anhydrite and gypsum, with limestone and dolomite, in Salina Group rocks south of Hamilton, Collings, R.K. (1959) Can. Dept. Mines, Mines Br. Info. Circ. 114, p.11

Canadian Magnesite Property, Deloro Twp.,  ~ 10 km NE of Timmins - Sabina(1974)

Hagersville Mine, near Caledonia - a gypsum mine, with anhydrite content increasing at depth. Sabina(1986); Collings, R.K. (1959) Can. Dept. Mines, Mines Br. Info. Circ. 114, p.11

Hemlo Gold Deposits, near Marathon - Sabina(1991)

Hwy 38 road cuts, 9.3 km from the junction of Hwy 2 & 3, near Kingston - platy aggregates, colorless to white, with white granular gypsum, calcite, pyrite, in vugs in limestone. Sabina(1983)

Madawaska (Faraday) Mine, Lots 16 & 17, Con. XI, Faraday Township, Hastings County, near Bancroft - unusal masses of greyish-green to purple anhydrite, somr clear enough to facet, Sabina(1986); ROM #M22230, M27118, M27119

McIntyre Mine, Porcupine gold camp - veins in the quartz-ankerite zone, Langford, G.B. & Hancox, E.G (1936) Econ. Geol., 31, pp.600-9; Sabina(1974)

McLaren Mine, Lot 4, Con.VII, North Burgess Twp., Lanark Co. - found during mining as lilac-colored cleavable masses with finely granular white gypsum, some specimens composed of alternating bands of both minerals, now difficult to find on the dumps. Sabina(1983); ODM Min. Res. Circ. 6, p.54, 1967, ROM #M6996, M21582

Moose River (Crossing), Canfield Twp., Cochrane District - found in gypsum beds interlayered with limestone, shale, ODM Indus. Min. Rept 18, p.53-58, 1964; ROM #M24995

near Perth, North Burgess Twp. - ODM Min. Res. Circular 6, pp.44-55, 1967, ROM #M16986

Nogies Creek Quarry, near Burleigh Falls, Haliburton area - pinkish white aggregates in cavities to 5cm in limestone, Sabina(1971)

Ojibway Mine, near Windsor - found in some areas of this 8.2 meter thick salt bed as paper-thin lamellae banding halite, Sabina(1986)

Tribag Mine, ~20 km north of Batchawana Island, north shore of Lake Superior - small white botryoidal aggregates on sulfides, Sabina(1991)

Upper Canada Mine, Timiskaming district - Sabina(1974)

Zenith (Phoenix) Mine, north of Renfrew - Sabina(1971)

ANKERITE

Cheney Mine, Algoma District - weathers to brown, with calcite, goethite, in quartz, Sabina(1991)

Deloro Mine, Lot 9, Con. VIII, Marmora Twp., Hastings Co. - gold-bearing arsenopyrite-ankerite-quartz veins, cutting gabbro, ROM #M20319, M20321, Satterly(1977)

Golden Fleece (Addington) Mine, between North Brook and Flinton - with calcite composed gold-bearing carbonate veins, Sabina(1970)

McIntyre Mine, Porcupine gold camp - Sabina(1974)

Paymaster Mine, Lot 6, Con. I, Tisdale Twp., Cochrane District - ROM #M13752, Satterly(1977)

Rock Lake Mine, 22.5 km north of Bruce Mines - with chalcopyrite in quartz veins, Ingall, E.D. (1902) GSC Ann. Rept. XV, 251 A

West Dome Mine (Curts Vein), Porcupine gold camp - found in the gold-bearing veins and wall rock, analyzed by Burrows, A.G. (1912), ODM Ann. Rept., V.21, Pt.1

ANNABERGITE

A common mineral in the mines of the Cobalt-Gowganda district, typically green stains or crusts, an alteration product found on the cobalt - nickel arsenides.

Aguanico Mine, Lot 15, Con. I, Buck Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #M11777, Satterly(1977)

Cobalt - Gowganda area - Miller, W.G. (1910) OBM Ann. Rept., V.19, Pt. II, p.19; ROM #M8948, M14535, M18490, M24837, Satterly(1977)

Coniagas Mine, Claim JB6, Lot 6, Con. VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #M20354, Satterly(1977)

Foster Mine, Lot 4, Con. IV, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #E2515, Satterly(1977)

Frontier Mine, Claim HR16, South Lorrain Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #M14401, Satterly(1977)

Hudson Bay Mine, Lot 6, Con. VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #12216, M18501, Satterly(1977)

La Rose Mine, Claim JS14, Lots 4, 5, Con. VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #8503, M20534, Satterly(1977)

Miller Lake O'Brien Mine, Claims RSC 90, 91, 92, 94, Nicol Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #M15110

O'Brien Mine, Claim RL403, Lot 4, Con. VI, Coleman Twp., Timiskaming Dist. - ROM #M8748, M8783, M18549, Satterly(1977)

Vermilion Mine, Lot 6, Con. IV, Denison Twp., Sudbury Dist. - ROM #M29511, M30712, Satterly(1977)

Key to the table:

Mineral names in:

CAPS = a valid Ontario mineral

no caps and italicized = valid but needs work to clarify chemistry; or invalid group name

? = a species that I'm not entirely sure of and could use verification.

UNDERLINED = first discovered in Ontario, clicking will take you to the Type Minerals section

photo = click to see a photograph