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Ontario Mineral Catalog: B

MINERAL Q LOCALITY, REFERENCES
BADDELEYITE
 
inclusions in wohlerite, Prarie Lake Complex, CMV27#4,p.714
BAKERITE ? -"either bakerite or datolite occurs at Tory Hill, Bancroft"; New Dana, pp.1123-1124
BARITE AA -fine white balls, stalactitic, Madoc, MR,V.13#2, F.Melanson & G.Robinson, 1982, pp.87-92;                                                 -42 localities mentioned in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983                                                       
BARYLITE Deadhorse Creek diatreme complex, Marathon; New Dana p.1133
BARYTOCALCITE / ALSTONITE
 
Chapman Lake, 350km NE of Thunder Bay
BASALUMINITE
 
Harkness-Hays Mine, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, p.94
BASTNAESITE-(Ce)
 
-CMV21PP115-119;
-ps allanite CMV11#2pp541-543;
- replaced by parisite to 20mm, from Marathon, CMV7#5p819;
-15 localities mentioned in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BAUMHAUERITE
 
-Taylor pit, Lot 13, Con. XIV, Huntingdon Twp., Hastings Co., Madoc; MRV13#2, pp.93-100, 1982;
-Hemlo Gold Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, pp.86-89
BENJAMINITE
 
Canadian Keeley Mine, silver Centre, D.Harris, T.Chen, 1975; CM13,p.402
BERTHIERINE
 
Arima M, Fleet M E, Barnett R L (1985) Titanian berthierine: a Ti-rich serpentine-group mineral from the Picton ultramafic dyke, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist 23, 213-220
BERTHIERITE
A
Hemlo Gold Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, pp.86-89; Kenora & Sudbury, J. Satterly, OGS, MP 70, 1977
-Red Lake Mine, Balmertown, Ontario, rich silvery massive with stibnite and superb native gold. (per.com., David K.Joyce)
BERTRANDITE
A
superb twinned colorless micro crystals, Beryl Pit, near Quadeville
BERYL
AA
- largest beryl crystals in Canada? green & minor aquamarine, Beryl Pit, near Quadeville
   
- rare gem-quality aquamarine from pegmatites of Butt Twp., western edge of Algonquin Park, Ercit(2002)         
 
-17 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983

- EMERALD FIND!!!! Ghost Lake, near Dryden, see Allison A. Brand, Lee A. Groat, Robert L. Linnen, Mary I. Garland, Frederick W. Breaks, and Gaston Giuliani EMERALD MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAVIS LAKE PEGMATITE GROUP, NEAR DRYDEN, ONTARIO  
Can Mineral 2009 47: 315-336.

BETAFITE
AA
-7x6x6cm, Silver Crater Mine, ROM, Kennedy, MR V10 #3 pp.153-155;
-6 localities in J. Satterly, OGS, MP 70, 1977,
-12 localities in A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39
BIDHEIMITE
 
Rogers Mine, Mielke 1977, unpublished B.Sc.thesis, Waterloo
BIKITAITE Big Mack pegmatite, Separation Rapids pegmatite field, 70 km N of Kenora - see Tindle A G, Breaks F W, Selway J B (2002) Tourmaline in petalite-subtype granitic pegmatites: evidence of fractionation and contamination from the Pakeagama Lake and Separation Lakes areas of northwestern Ontario, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist 40, 753-788
BIRNESSITE
 
St.Leonard Lake Occurrence, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,p.32
BISMITE
 
Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew Co., Con XV, Lot 23, G.Hoffman, 1895, GSC Ann.Rept., VIII, 14 R
BISMOCLITE
 
-Strathcona Deposit, Sudbury; CM V31#1,pp.31-44
BISMUTH   photo
AA
36 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BISMUTHINITE
A
-prisms to 20x2mm, Pidgeon Mine, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,pp.170-171;
-17 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BISMUTITE
 
Tudor Twp, Hastings Co., & Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew Co., R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983, p.61
BISMUTOMICROLITE
 
Marko’s pegmatite, Separation Rapids, CMV36#2
BITYITE -Separation Rapids pegmatites, 70 km N of Kenora, see Tindle A G, Breaks F W, Selway J B (2002) Tourmaline in petalite-subtype granitic pegmatites: evidence of fractionation and contamination from the Pakeagama Lake and Separation Lakes areas of northwestern Ontario, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist 40, 753-788
BOEHMITE
 
Princess Sodalite Mine, A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39,pp.11-14
BOHDANOWICZITE
 
1200 level, Kidd Creek Mine,Timmins, CMV18#3pp.353-360; R. Thorpe, G. Pringle, A.Plant, 1976, G.S.C. Paper 76-1A, P.311
BOLTWOODITE
 
-Elliot Lake Uranium Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,p.38;
-N shore of Kimber Lake, Docker Twp., A.Pryslak, 1976, Ont.Div.Mines, GR 130, p.50
BORNITE
A
-xls from Coppercorp Mine, Mamainse Point;
-17 localities in J. Satterly, OGS, MP 70, 1977
-xls on barite mentioned byKullerud, Am.Min, 1960)
BOULANGERITE
A
-micro rings ! from the Rogers Mine, Madoc, MRV13#2,p.111;
-6 localities in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BOURNONITE
 
7 localities mentioned in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BRAGGITE
 
Lac-des-Iles CMV22p125
BRANNERITE
A
-Elliot Lake Uranium Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991,p.38;
 
-w. native Au at Richardson Mine, Madoc Twp., CMV12pp.360-363; CMV6#1p155
 
- black to brown massive to 19mm, CPR cut, North side of Christie Lake, Lot 18, Con. C, South Sherbrooke Twp., see Moddle D A (1957) Brannerite from Eastern Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist 6, 155-157
BRAUNITE
 
15cm thick braunite / "psilomelane" vein, near Pearl, McTavish Twp., A.Johnston, W.McCartney, 1965:G.S.C. Paper 65-37, p.28
BREITHAUPTITE
A
-Hemlo Gold Deposits, A.Sabina, G.S.C.Misc.Rep.49, 1991, pp.86-89;
-9 Timiskaming District localities in J. Satterly, OGS, MP 70, 1977
BROCHANTITE
 
alteration product, 4 localities given in R.Traill, Cat.of Can.Mins., GSC Paper 80-18, 1983
BRUCITE
 
7 localities in J. Satterly, OGS, MP 70, 1977
BRUGNATELLITE
 
York River Skarn Zone, near Bancroft, A.Sabina, 1986, GSC Misc.Report 39, pp.16-17
BUETSCHLIITE
 
from burnt tree trunks, near Deseronto and near Eganville CMV8#3p380; CMV6#2
BURBANKITE
 
Chapman Lake, 350km NE of Thunder Bay
BURGESSITE - Keeley Mine, South Lorrain Twp., gorgeous micro pink xls in balls!!, see: J. Sejkora, F. C. Hawthorne, M. A. Cooper, J. D. Grice, J. Vajdak, and J. L. Jambor BURGESSITE, Co2 (H2O)4 [AsO3(OH)]2 (H2O), A NEW ARSENATE MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE KEELEY MINE, SOUTH LORRAIN TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA Can Mineral, February 1, 2009; 47(1): 159 - 164.

crystal structure: http://www.canmin.org/cgi/content/full/47/1/165

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
Quality ratings (Q):
no rankings = it has yet to be ranked, or specimens are insignicant - submicroscopic, massive, poor, etc.
A  = good specimens; at least either good micro crystals or unusually large masses
AA  = very fine or world-class specimens
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