| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Baryte |
| Formula: | BaSO4 |
| Colour: | White, reddish |
| Luminescent properties: | Some material fluoresces white or faint yellow under Short Wave UV and Long Wave UV. |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Significance: | Significant commercial deposit of this mineral. |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tennantite Subgroup | 2 |
| Chalcopyrite | 2 |
| Malachite | 1 |
| Hematite | 1 |
| Goethite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Baryte data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Walton baryte mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 42031 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:42031:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Baryte |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘRainy Cove, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘTomlinson mine, Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘWhale Cove, Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 5.6km (3.5 miles) | ⓘCambridge Cove, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | ⓘTennecape (Tenecape; Tennycape; Teny Cape), Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | ⓘCheverie, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘTennycape mine (Teny Cape mine), Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 12.6km (7.9 miles) | ⓘMacumber mine, Cheverie, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 15.0km (9.3 miles) | ⓘLog Cabin Brook, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 20.2km (12.6 miles) | ⓘFive Islands, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| References |
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Wallace, Chaneil J., Kontak, Daniel J., Turner, Elizabeth C., Fayek, Mostafa (2025) Origin of Siderite and Baryte in a Carbonate-Replacement Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu Sulphide Deposit: Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Minerals, 15 (3). doi:10.3390/min15030327 |
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Walton baryte mine, Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada