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Reeves
Tin Pit, Lunenburg County
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
4953870 |
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379700 |
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Details:
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The Reeves Tin Pit is located 5.1 km west on the Dalhousie
Road (Forties Road) from the village of New Ross, Lunenburg
County. The prospect is found within the community of Forties
and 0.5 km south of road on the Reeves farm. Reeves is a common
name in the New Ross area. The prospect may be reached by going
80 metres south along a woods road that starts at a small man-made
pond behind the barn on the Reeve's farm. At that point turn
west from the woods road onto a foot path and walk southwest
for 120 m to a cleared area. The prospect is located in this
cleared area and in 1982 consisted of a water-filled pit, outcrops
and overburden dumps (O'Reilly et al., 1982). Since 1982 the
pit has been filled in by the land owner but dump material can
be found laying about.
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References:
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NSMOD #A10-004 |
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Further
Info:
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Mineralization: Flecks of fluorite and blue-turquoise
fluorapatite are common in the pegmatite and associated leucogranite
that accompanies the pegmatite. The mineral assemblage that
is reported to occur in the central zone of the pegmatite is
impressive and includes: cassiterite, amblygonite, lepidolite,
fluorite, topaz, tourmaline, beryl, wolframite, scheelite, columbite,
durangite, metatorbenite, tapiolite and monazite. A Department
of Mines and Energy field check reported in 1982 indicates that
most of these minerals are not obvious and only fluorite, lepidolite
and fluorapatite were noted (O'Reilly, et al., 1982).
Faribault (1908) reported that a pit was dug in 1903, uncovering
cassiterite- and fluorite-bearing quartz boulders. Consequently,
digging continued and a shaft was sunk into bedrock with work
continuing for the next few years. A pit was sunk (7.5 m deep,
3.6 m long and 3 m wide) on a pegmatitic segregation within
light grey leucogranite. The site has been visited by numerous
persons since Faribault's time but the dyke was apparently not
visible due to the water level in the pit and the fact that
much of the outcrop had since been covered over by dump material.
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Other
Minerals:
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amblygonite,
microlite, monazite,
morinite, scheelite,
tapiolite, topaz,
tourmaline, triphylite,
tungstite, wolframite,
apatite, fluorapatite,
beryl, columbite,
durangite, fluorite,
lepidolite, metatorbernite |
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Walker
Moly Prospect, Lunenburg County
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
4958460 |
| Easting
387970 |
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Details:
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The Walker Moly Prospect is found 140 m south of the
Vaughan-New Ross Road at the community of New Russell, Lunenburg
County. New Russell is 6.4 km east of New Ross, a village on
Highway 12. A swampy area and brook separates the prospect from
the road, so best access is to the workings is by following
a woods road along the south border of the swamp (O'Reilly et
al., 1982). The woods road leads west from a secondary road
that goes from the Vaughan-New Ross Road toward Round Lake.
The entrance to the woods road is 100 m south of the paved Vaughan-New
Ross Road. Follow the woods road west for 240 m to its terminus
at the prospect.
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References:
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NSMOD #A16-010, Extensive
info available, see the database.
The location for this prospect indicated on NSDNR Map 88-15 (Corey,
1988) is wrong. The correct coordinates are provided in this occurrence
entry. |
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Further
Info:
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A shaft at the site is water filled and a cement cap has been
placed over it for safety reasons. A waste rock dump surrounds
the shaft and is heavily overgrown.
This prospect is an excellent mineral collecting location. Time
spent rummaging through the waste rock dump will yield excellent
specimens of molybdenite and bornite. The more exotic minerals
reported from the prospect are less common and occur disseminated
in the greisen selvages.
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Other
Minerals:
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molybdenite,
gahnite, chalcopyrite,
bornite, wolframite,
native bismuth, uraninite,
wittichenite, mawsonite |
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Location
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UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
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Northing
0000000 |
| Easting
000000 |
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Details:
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Description |
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References:
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Further
Info:
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Other
Minerals:
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Add'l Mineralization |
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