Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryStrontium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlFault Control
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10105536
MRDS IDW006975
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.18322, -61.13242
References
COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR: THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969 P. 59, 62.DOUGLAS, G.V., 1945, BARYTES AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS AT LAKE AINSLIE: NOVA SCOTIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPT. ON MINES, 1944, P. 132-151.POOLE, H.S., 1907, THE BARYTES DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE AND NORTH CHETICAMP, N.S.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NO. 953, 43 P.ZUROWSKI, M., 1972, BARITE - FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE: CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., DEC. 1972, VOL. 65, NO. 78, P. 60-631944 GEOLMAP N.S. DEPT. OF MINES. (G.V. DOUGLASCOTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE.