| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
|---|
|
| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
|---|
|
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
|---|
|
| Hematite | ⓘ52 photos of Amethyst associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Amethyst associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | ⓘ4 photos of Amethyst associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Malachite | ⓘ2 photos of Amethyst associated with Malachite at this locality. |
| Baryte | ⓘ2 photos of Amethyst associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Data |
|---|
|
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Blue Point Amethyst Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (64 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
|---|
|
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 550412 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:550412:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | baa11e1d-782f-4e13-8f8e-9049bfab6cd8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst |
|---|
|
|
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘDiamond Willow Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘDetroit-Algoma Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 1.2km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBill's Old Amethyst Mine, Pearl Station area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBarrett Mine (Noyes South mine; Breezy Mountain mine), McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘMoon Light Mine, Pearl Station area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘPearl Lake Amethyst quarry, Pearl Station area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘGagnon Falls occurrence (Noyes North occurrence), McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘPearl Station area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘEnterprise Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘBoulder Creek Amethyst quarry, Pearl Station area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada |
| References |
|---|
|
|
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
|---|
 | | Report (issue) | | of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5...5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection, Jeff Scovil photo Page 3...3, Table of Contents Insets Top: Circa 212 CE amethyst intaglio bearing the portrait of Roman Emperor |  | | Journal (issue) | | lunch at Ouimet but being eaten by a bear while in Canada is not on my bucket list, so I drove to my next...finishing off my last bag of Combos instead. Blue Point Amethyst Mine was a nice place to stop and collect....Wisconsin accent sounded Canadian to her. Talked to the mine owner Linden Swanson who gave me an unattractive...denied he'd ever heard of it, "must be some Thunder Bay tradition." Watched the sunset, wondered if we'd...for me was the probably about 100-year old silver mine shaft there. Probably dug about 100 years ago on |
|
Blue Point Amethyst Mine, McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada