1~ELDSPAU 1425


 A 3-percent increase in freight rates for certain minerals (including feldspar)
was approved, to be effective May 15 and until 6 months after the end of
the war~'8 -
 A brief published description of the properties, occurrences, and market
classifications of feldspar'9 included lists of producers of crude and ground
spar and a selected list of buyers.
 Feldspar mining in Canada during 1941 showed little change. Production continued
to come chiefly from the two large-scale operators in the Buckingham district,
Quebec, and in Bathurst Township, Ontario. The only other con srn making
important shipments operated near Madawaska in Nipissing district, Ontario,
and produced both potash and soda spar.
 Large quantities of feldspar are available in the Salem district in southern
hidia, according to a recent survey,~° but recovery would be difficult
Feldspar is now baing mmcd in Mysore State for the ceramic industry. If the
feldspar in the Salem district can be extracted economically, the combined
output of the two regions may be adequate for any present or future demand
in the neighboring Indiai~ States.
IMPORTS2'

 Fel~dspar.—Imports of crude feldspar into the United States from
January through September 1941 totaled 8,934 long tons valued at
$56,731 compared with 12,522 tons valued at $80,274 in the full year
1940. All imports originated in Canada. No receipts of ground
feldspar in 1941 were reported.

Feldspar imported for consumption in the United States, 1937—41
Year
Crude
Ground
Year
Crude

—
Ground

Value
Value







Value
Value
1937       
1938       
i939       
 12,956 $91, 885 7,651 56,126 7,460 52,141
2 $54
1940       
1941 (Jan.— Sept.)    
12,522 $80, 274
8,934 56,731

 Cornwall stone.—Imports for consumption of both unmanufactured and
ground Cornwall stone from. the United Kingdom, sole source of supply, continued
at an active rate during the first 9 months of 1941. Unmanufactured Cornwall
stone received during this period totaled 1,931 long tons valued at $20,949
compared with 2,261 tons valued at $20,812 during the full year 1940. Imports
of ground Cornwall stone during the first 9 months of 1941 amounted to 182
long tons valued at $2,658 compared with 228 tons valued at $2,758 in the
entire year 1940. The average value (foreign market value) per ton for uumanufactured
Cornwall stone increased from an average of $9.20 in 1940 to $10.85 in the
1941 period and for ground Cornwall stone from $12.10 to $14.60.
 18 Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, Freight Rates Increase Approved: Vol. 41,
No. 10, March 9, 1942, p.4.
 "Metcalf, RobertW., MarketlngFeldspar: BureauofMlneslnf. Clrc. 7184, 1941,13
pp.
 "Jordan, Curtis C. (American consul, Madras), March 12,1941: Bureau of Mines
Mineral Trade Notes, vol. 12, No.6, June 20, 1941, p. 23.
"Figures on Imports compiled by M. B. Price, of the Bureau of Mines, from
records of the Department of Commerce.