MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. 19 H 



-From the township of Wakefield, Ottawa County. Gold and Silver 



Eeceived through Mr. H. G. Vennor, from Mr. A. Gates, ofgjg"™^ 

 Peche village. 



A white — with occasionally a bluish or greyish tinge — translu 

 cent quartz, traversed by small veins of a light green-coloured apa- 

 tite, and in parts coated with hydrated peroxide of iron. Native 

 gold was readily discernable, it occurred sometimes in the quartz, 

 and at other times in the oxide of iron or else at the junction of 

 the two. The sample weighed very little more than an ounce. It 

 was found to contain : 



Gold 11.725 ounces to the ton of 2,000 ibs. 



Silver 52.323 " " " " 



PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. p rovince flf 



Ontario. 



Assay No. 13 was conducted by Mr. Frank D. Adams. 



9. — From Spar Island, Lake Superior. 



The specimen, a single fragment, weighed twelve ounces. It 

 consisted of copper-glance in a gangue of quartz and calcite ; the 

 surface was to some extent coated with a thin incrustation of green 

 carbonate of copper, also in parts with a slight deposit, oftentimes 

 scarcely amounting to more than a film, of peach-blossom-red 

 arseniate of cobalt. This specimen contained a little native silver. 

 It contained : 



Gold 1 None. 



Silver 41.329 ounces to the ton of 2,000 Sbs. 



The amount of copper in this specimen was also estimated ; 

 the results of the determination will be found given under Copper 

 Ores, No. 1. 



10. — From Spar Island, Lake Superior. 



The specimen, a single fragment, weighed about nine and a 

 quarter ounces. It consisted of a coarsely crystalline calcite, asso- 

 ciated with a little quartz, and contained a small quantity of 

 copper-glance and some native silver. It was found to contain : 



Gold None. 



Silver 136.967 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 



11. — From Spar Island, Lake Superior. 



This specimen, a single fragment, weighed about one and a half 

 ounce. It consisted of copper-glance in a gangue of coarsely 



