Selected Economic Mineral Deposits of the Walton Belt, Hants County, Nova Scotia

Field Trip Conducted by the Nova Scotia Prospector's Association, and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (Spring 2003)

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Open File Report ME 2003-1

By Ron Mills, George O'Reilly and Dr. Howard Donohoe.

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Table of Contents

  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • Field Trip Itinerary
  • A Note About Safety
  • Stop 1-1: Little Meander River Gold Placer
  • Stop 1-2: Scotia Slate
  • Stop 1-3: Courthouse Hill, Lunch, and the Rawdon Fault
  • Stop 1-4: West Gore Gold and Antimony Prospect
  • Stop 1-5: Centre Rawdon Gold District
  • Stop 1-6: Shaw Resources Sandy Desert Cretaceous Sand Operation
  • Stop 2-1: Shubenacadie River Titanium Sands
  • Stop 2-2: Tennycape Manganese Mine
  • Stop 2-3: Walton Red Marble Quarry
  • Stop 2-4: Walton Harbour (Magnet Cove) - Barium Loading Facility
  • Stop 2-5: Walton Barite Base Metal Mine
  • Stop 2-6: Three Kilometre Showing
  • Stop 2-7: Horton Group-Windsor Group Contact at Cheverie