Here you will find an abundance of feldspar, quartz rock and calcite the size of bowling balls and bigger. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Macdonald mine opened in 1919 and was mined for feldspar untill 1935. CN Rock Dump, … We got into town a few hours later and hunted around for an information center. SODALITE occurs in a number of different locations -- at least 182, according to www.mindat.org. The CN Dump is compilation of rock mined from the Golding-Keene Quarry during the early – mid 90’s. final rotation of zircon from CN Dump.

This is your first post. You can search around the dumps behind the mine. ... flow south and eventually dump into the Great Lakes. Petroglyphs park Ontario, Canada. Other minerals that can be found are, zircon, microcline, garnet, apatite, pyrite plus many others. Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries. We got into town a few hours later and hunted around for an information center. CN Rock Dump (CN Dump), Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada : The CN Rock Dump is comprised of material that was transported from the Golding-Keene Quarry for use in the construction of the railway that used to run through the Town of Bancroft. Collecting at the Macdonald Mine is easy. Specimen from CN Dump You will come to a lane way on your right. Cancrinite, Sodalite. Please see my #9 article titled “Nepheline Syenite Along the York River, Dungannon Township, Ontario, Canada”, rotating zircon from previous photo. 7. trip – madoc to bancroft – first gold mine at eldorado — many rock shops in bancroft. CP rail train - (Havelock) Ontario, Canada. High Spring Trading Post ⚖-⚖ Havelock, Ontario. It was also my honeymoon. No need to worry about bears here, Only joggers.

The site is not far from Bancroft & can be reached by a very rough road. I remember that it was the first site that I ever explored when I started becoming a rockhound. The CN Dump is free to collect. Many small zircons in matrix from the CN Dump, largest zircons 0.5 cm. Finally he started to break me down. Im not sure if your suppose to pull right up, but I did. From M. Adamowicz collection. CN Rock Dump, Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada ~10 mm pink Zircon crystal with black Biotite and White Nepheline. After a while we found that we had to go to the Chamber of Commerce for info about collecting in the area. The CN Dump is free to collect. ( if you can get a squirt bottle from a tattoo supplier they work  really well for this).

At the Macdonald mine you can find feldspar, quartz (smokey and milky) and calcite can be found in abundance. The site is made up of two mines, Quadeville East Mine (Beryl Pit) and the Quadeville … Park on the lane way out of the way of traffic. This will be a gravel roadway that runs along the river. Taken winter 2008. Here is the CN dump in winter, taken in late winter 2008. I was a kid again. Through the entrance and to the right the floor of the mine sloops steeply down and exits into an open pit.

Park on the lane way out of the way of traffic. The CN Dump is a hugh pile of nepheline pegmatite abandoned at this site by the owners of the Goulding-Keene nepheline quarry on the York River. He spent a few years trying to recruit me but I had no real interest. Turn right and follow this road untill you come to Macdonald Mine Rd.

I only noticed extremely small fragments of sodalite intermixed amongst things, and to be honest I dont know much about the rock here. Travel down this road for about 700 feet. A small part of the Dumps at Craigmont Mine. CN Rock Dump, Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada The CN Dump is a hugh pile of nepheline pegmatite abandoned at this site by the owners of the Goulding-Keene nepheline quarry on the York River. Very convenient to just pull up. Travel down this road for about 700 feet. Edit or delete it and start blogging! You will see the pile of rock. Page generated: 2020.11.6 14:16:07, CN Rock Dump, Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate, Golding-Keene Quarry, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada, http://www.mindat.org/article.php/461/The+CN+Dump,+A+classic+locality+in+Bancroft.

From M. Adamowicz collection.

the Davis Quarry and the CN Rock Dump in Bancroft, Ontario, as well as Afghanistan.

The CN Dump.

Size .125 X .125 X .125 I only noticed extremely small fragments of sodalite intermixed amongst things, and to be honest I dont know much about the rock here. I admit I was not quite properly … Through the pit there is a trail that leads back up the hill and to the left. At the Gole Quarry Euxenites occur as longer crystal but they can be difficult to find in the waste rock. Collecting can also be done by chiseling away at the mine walls and the walls af the tunnels. Turn left and drive a few minutes along this road till you get to the top of the hill. Here is a new sign at the CN Dump installed in late 2010. The dump is actually bigger than the photos I looked at prior to going suggest.

Finally he started to break me down. You will see the pile of rock. There are still excellent samples that can be collected from the walls. Say maybe 20-30 ft high, dont ask me how wide, yeeessh. At 1.2 cm this is a relatively large zircon from the CN Dump. The web's most comprehensive and regularly updated gemogy database with information on gems from around the world and thousands of photos (^,,,^) Upper Canada Village (^,,,^). Please see my #9 article titled “Nepheline Syenite Along the York River, Dungannon Township, Ontario, Canada”. I had been to three mines already and this was like going to help a friend move an entire house after just winning a firemen competition. In recent years many collectors have visited this site. Photo ID: 164107 Uploaded by: Michael Adamowicz View Count: 1572 Approval status: Public galleries Type: Photo - 2304 x 1728 pixels (4.0 Mpix) me at the top of dumps. This mine is easy to get to and I recommend making a day of this area. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. CN Rock Dump, Town of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Welcome to WordPress.com. My uncle Joe has been a rockhound for a number of years now. 9. night fluorescent collecting in town — goulding-keene mine dump at shipping depot Dick led the group to 8 separate sites, including a night dig with black lights at the CN rock pile right in Bancroft. Taken by M. Adamowicz.

Are you interested in mentoring? Some of the minerals found here are, Albite, Biotite, Nepheline, Blue and Red Sodalite, Hacmanite and Zircon. We left and headed for Niagara Falls, Ontario. Specimen is ~30 x 25 x 20 mm. Thanks for providing this article Michal, it's the one I read over and over as I have a lot of questions as a beginner. The CN Dump, A classic locality in Bancroft By: Michal Adamowicz, rockhound I suppose it is time an article was written about the CN dump in the heart of Bancroft, Ontario. Upon entering the main section of the mine you will find a small audit  in the back wall, and to the right of this you will see an origanal ore cart against the back wall slowly being devoured by the mountain. Blue sodalite covering a 2 cm square area with yellow cancrinite in two areas. ~10 mm pink Zircon crystal on white Nepheline. April 1, 2011 at 5:28 am (Uncategorized). The CN Dump is free to collect.

There is a small parking area on the right side of the road or if you are brave enough there is another parking area in the woods. The quarry was cut into the side of a hill on the bank of the York River, and is now a part of the Egan Chutes Provincial Park. ... You will come to a lane way on your right.



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