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Lake Ainslie Barite - Fluorite Veins

Past Producer in Nova Scotia, Canada with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Strontium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105536
MRDS ID W006975
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Ainslie Barite - Fluorite Veins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.13242, 46.18322 (WGS84)
Elevation 199
Relative position ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE AINSLIE ON CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Nova Scotia

Comments on the location information

  • 1953 - 57 MAPS
  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE. ALTITUDES ARE: CAMPBELL - JOHNSON, D.J. MAC DOUGALL AND MOORE VEINS - 187 M.; MCLEAN VEIN - ABOUT 200 M.; JOHNSON VEINS (UPPER, LOWER) - 210 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Strontium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • J.A. MAC DOUGAL VEIN ALSO HAS EXTRACTABLE TONNAGE.

Analytical data

Result CAMPBELL - MAC MILLAN VEIN: BASO4 - 27.8%, CAF2 - 19%. UPPER JOHNSON VEIN: BASO4 - 50%, CAF2 - 17%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff
    Rock description Upper Fisset Brook Formation-Welded Rhyolitic Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.13242, 46.18322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Lake Ainslie District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Mogul Mines Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 2970000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 19 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 27.8 wt-pct Barium Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 17 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 50 wt-pct Barium Major 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DIFFICULTIES WITH THE FLOTATION PROCESS MAKE PRODUCTION OF ACID - GRADE FLUORSPAR AT A RESONABLE RECOVERY RATE IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS TIME (1972). ITEM 1 - CAMPBELL - MAC MILLAN VEIN. ITEM 2 - UPPER JOHNSON VEIN
  • ITEM 1 - CAMPBELL - MACMILLAN VEIN. ITEM 2 - UPPER JOHNSON VEIN

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS WERE MINED ON A SMALL SCALE FOR BARITE FROM 1890 - ? AND PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUORSPAR FROM 1940 - 1949. CAMPBELL - MAC MILLAN VEIN IS 240 M. DEEP. JOHNSON VEIN IS UP TO 3 M. WIDE AT THE SURFACE AND WIDENS WITH DEPTH. IT IS OVER 210 M. DEEP.
  • KYANITE - GRAPHITE - MICA SCHISTS IN LAYERS 30 TO 60 FT. THICK IN NEARLY CIRCULAR BELT ABOUT 50 MI. IN CIRCUMFERENCE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOW GRADE OF ORE MAKES DEPOSITS UNECONOMIC AT THIS TIME (1972)
  • SEVERAL DEPOSITS WORKED 1932 - 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE MARKS GROWTH FOR FLUORSPAR: THE NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 27, 1969 P. 59, 62.

  • Deposit

    DOUGLAS, G.V., 1945, BARYTES AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS AT LAKE AINSLIE: NOVA SCOTIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPT. ON MINES, 1944, P. 132-151.

  • Deposit

    POOLE, H.S., 1907, THE BARYTES DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE AND NORTH CHETICAMP, N.S.: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NO. 953, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    ZUROWSKI, M., 1972, BARITE - FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF LAKE AINSLIE: CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULL., DEC. 1972, VOL. 65, NO. 78, P. 60-63

  • Deposit

    1944 GEOLMAP N.S. DEPT. OF MINES. (G.V. DOUGLAS

  • Production

    COTE, P.R., 1969, PAST DECADE.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ZUROWSKI, M., 1972, BARITE - FLUORITE DEPOSITS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE CONSIDERED HYDATOGENIC - HYDROTHERMAL IN ORIGIN. ELECTROMAGNETIC AND SOIL GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING METHODS HAVE BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL. GRAVITATIONAL METHOD HAS NOT. 1100 M. OF DRILLING HAS PROBED THE CAMPBELL - MAC MILLAN AND UPPER JOHNSON VEINS.
Deposit DETAILED GEOLOGIC STUDY OF REGION IS DESIRABLE, BUT KYANITE DEPOSITS ARE NOT OF MUCH ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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