Guidebooks, Kits & Maps
 Some of the finest specimens of apatite and titanite
known today came from the Tory Hill area in Monmouth
Township. Weathered calcite vein dykes from this
area have yielded spectacular examples of apatite,
titanite, hornblende, biotite and feldspar.
The Chamber of Commerce has guaranteed public
access for collecting these minerals at a fee-for-collecting
site called the Bear Lake Diggings. Ask for further
info at the Chamber office.
Get the feel of a turn of the century mine. The
MacDonald Mine operated sporadically from 1919
to 1935, for the extraction of ceramic grade feldspar.
The large rock piles provide samples of feldspar,
quartz and graphic granite.
The Chamber of Commerce offers a Mineral Collecting
Guidebook for the Bancroft area. Supplied are:
location directions, geological and mineralogical
descriptions and maps for over 30 collecting sites,
where access has been arranged. Sample kits, with
15 common minerals found in the region, are also
available.
To help outfit you for your collecting trips,
the Chamber offers rock hammers, safety glasses,
magnifying loupes and collecting bags for sale
in our gift shop.
Topographic maps (1:50,000 + 1:250,000 scale)
produced by the federal government are available
at local stores, and at the Chamber office.
Bancroft & District Mineral Collecting Guidebook
This guidebook provides mineral collecting tips, mineral descriptions and directions to over 30 popular collecting sites in the Bancroft area. This Guidebook may be purchased in the Mineral Capital Gift Shop in the "Old Station "in Bancroft or ordered and delivered through the mail. The Guidebook is $12.00 at the Chamber, $16.00 by mail (Canadian funds for Canadian orders US funds for orders to US).
Send cheque or money order to:
Bancroft & District
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Box 539
Bancroft, Ontario
KOL 1CO
Local geology maps are available at the Chamber,
while other maps and reports produced by the Ontario
government are available through:
Publication Sales
Ministry of forthern Development & Mines
933 Ramsey Lake Rd., Level B2
Sudbury, Ontario P3E6B5
Telephone (705) 670-5691
Guidebooks and reports produced by the Canadian
government are available through:
Geological Survey of Canada Bookstore
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario KlA0138
Telephone (613) 9954342
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