Ontario Mineral Catalog: U, V, & W

ULLMANNITE
 
Hemlo Gold Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, pp.86-89;
-5 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983, p.387
UMANGITE
 
Bicroft Mine, Bancroft, A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39, p.48
URANINITE
AA
-2.5 cm xls, Cardiff U Mine, xl habit of Cardiff xls CM#32, 1932, pp.17-18;
-5 cm Richardson / Fission Mine; CMV5#7p.624;
-14 yr old boy finds 11 cm, 5 lb xl, Cardiff Twp., CM#52, 1947, pp.90-91;
-Kennedy mentions 7 kg xl in ROM, MRV10#3p157;
- the McQuire Mine, Parry Sound, was mined for uraninite crystal specimens, black cubes to a few cm, Ercit(2002)
-27 localities in J. Satterly, OGS MP 70, 1977
URANMICROLITE
 
Marko’s pegmatite, Separation Rapids, CMV36#2
URANOPHANE
AA
Madawaska/Faraday Mine, Bancroft !, CMV5#7pp.634-645;
14 localities mentioned in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
URANOPHANE-BETA
AA
Madawaska/Faraday Mine, Bancroft!, CMV5#7pp.634-645; "far more rare and occurs as yellowish-orange botryoidal micro-crystals"-Kennedy, MRV10#3p.157;
8 localities mentioned in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
URANPYROCHLORE
A
-MacDonald Mine, Hybla, mentioned by Kennedy MRV10#3,p158, found in masses to 1 ton ! Ellsworth(1932)
-Woodcox Mine, Hybla, Dana's New Mineralogy, 1997,
UVAROVITE
 
Hemlo gold mines, near Marathon, CMV27#4,pp.565-577
UVITE
A
-xls of uvite-dravite from Tait Farm, near Bancroft, MRV13#2,p.80
-mentioned from Renfrew, MR V8#2, pp.100-108, see also Min. Mag. 18, 133-135, for the full article
VAESITE Kidd Creek Mine, Timmins, per.com., Josef Vadcjeck
VALENTINITE
 
coatings, stains, Card Lake Sb Occ., Sudbury Dist., A.Sabina, 1974, GSC Paper 73-13, pp.154-155
VALLERIITE
 
minor constituent of Sudbury ores, CM7, p.85, 1962
VAUGHANITE microscopic anhedral black metallic grains, Hemlo gold deposit, near Marathon, D.C. Harris, GSC Rpt.38, 1989
VEENITE
 
Taylor pit, Lot 13, Con. XIV, Huntingdon Twp., Hastings Co., Madoc; MRV13#2,pp.93-100, 1982
VERMICULITE
 
4 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
VESUVIANITE
AA
-fine dark green and brown xls to 10 cm +, Pinchin Quarry, near Malone, MRV13#2;
-unusual brown tabular to ~25 mm from York River Skarn Zone, Bancroft;
-8 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983, p.400
VIGEZZITE
A
minute brown simple tabular xls, <1mm, Beryl Pit, Quadeville, collected by the author, EDS confirmed by Tony Nikisher
VINCIENNITE
 
- in bornite rich ore, Kidd Creek Mine; http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/gsc/mrd/mdag/kiddcreek/minchem_e.html
VIOLARITE 7 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
VIVIANITE
 
-Caland Mine, Thunder Bay,A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,pp.150-152;
-Don Valley Brick Yard, York County, ODM 1932, V41,pt.7;
-Foot of Scarborough Bluffs, York County, ODM 1967, GR46
VOLTAITE
 
Tribag Mine, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,p.58-59
VOLYNSKITE
 
Ashley gold deposit, 20 km NW of Matachewan, CM,V21,pp.137-143
VYSOTSKITE
 
Lac-des-Iles complex, 80 km N of Thunder Bay; CMV22p.125, CM V17#2pp.453-462
WARWICKITE
A
Baptiste Lake South road cut, Bancroft, A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39, pp.27-29
WEDDELLITE
 
Moore Lake, Lutterworth Twp., Haliburton Co., ODM 1943, V52, pt.2
WEHRLITE
 
Treadwell Occurrence, Beatty Twp., Cochrane Dist., ODM 1947, V56,pt.7, p.29; ODM 1971, MRC13, p.123
WITHERITE
 
-1st found in Canada at Porcupine Mine, radiating fibrous, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, p140;
-also Nepean Twp., Carleton Co, GSCMem.74, p.238, 1915
WITTICHENITE
 
O’Brien Mine, Cobalt; CMV11,p.207, 1971
WODGINITE
 
Marko’s pegmatite, Separation Rapids, CMV36#2
WOHLERITE Prarie Lake complex; CMV27#4,pp.709-720
WOLLASTONITE
 
York River Skarn/Tactite, Bancroft, A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39, pp.16-17;
3 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
WURTZITE
 
Hemlo Gold Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, pp.86-89

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