334 GEOLOGICAL NOTES — HONEYMAN. 



Article III. — Geological Notes. Metalliferous Sands. 

 By the Rev. D. Honeyman, D. C. L., F. S. A, F. R. S. C. 



(Read Jauuary 9, 1882 ) 



I would direct attention to certain Metalliferous Sands, speci- 

 mens of which have been added to the collections of the Provin- 

 cial Museum, and to their affinities. 



1. — Auriferous. 



This is a specimen from Jegoggin Point. Vide Paper " On the 

 Geology of Digby and Yarmouth Counties.',' Trans. 1880-81. 



In this Paper I directed attention to the Garnet sand of Lake 

 George, and its origin. I also noticed Jegoggin Point as a locality 

 where rocks are largely micaceous schists, replete with garnets. 

 These were considered to be a continuation of the Lake George 

 rocks, from which the garnet sands were derived. When I was 

 -examining Jegoggin Point, with Mr. S. M. Ryerson, I observed 

 great veins of quartz pervading the garnetiferous schists. Mr. 

 R. informed me that gold had been found in them. I was 

 ^therefore not at all surprised when I heard that Mr. Cowan 

 .had found gold in the sands of Lake George. The fact of 

 .the existence of a gold mine at Cranberry Point, adjoin- 

 ing Jegoggin Point, and in the same singular belt of rocks, 

 in a manner prepared me for the report. So when Mr. 

 Cowan showed me his gold washings in the Museum, I was 

 -convinced of their genuineness by seeing the garnets associ- 

 ated with the gold. He told me at the same time that his wash- 

 ings were not from Lake George. As the other alternative, I 

 suggested Jegoggin Point. He answered that that was the place. 

 When I examined Jegoargin Point I did not take time to examine 



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its sand, as it was down among the rocks ; but I inferred that 

 this, too, would be found to be garnetiferous, as well as the sand 

 at Lake George. This inference is sufficiently obvious. The ex- 

 istence of gold in the sand seems to confirm Mr. Ryerson's state- 

 ment that gold had been found in the quartz veins. Description 

 of specimen : The most striking part of it are numerous scales 

 of gold ; these are associated with beautiful crystals of garnet, 

 .having sharp angles ; there are also grains of magnetite and 



