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Locality Name:
Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 14549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
American Molybdenite Mine (White Elephant Mine)
Bear Lake Diggings (Gibson Road Western Occurrence)
Canadian All Metals Mine
Concession 15
Concession 9
Cudney Occurrence
Desmont Mine (Homer Yellowknife Prospect)
Earle's Farm Fluoro-richterite Occurrence
Esson Lake Molybdenite Showing
Essonville Fluoro-richterite Occurrence (Days Lake Occurrence)
Essonville Fluoro-richterite Occurrence (Essonville Roadcut)
Essonville Line
Farr-Essonville Roadcut
Gibson Road East Occurrence (Titanite Hill)
Harcourt Park Road
Hunter Property
Lloyd Barnes Farm
Millar's Mine
Padwell Mine
Rare Earth Mine No. 1
Rare Earth Mine No. 2
Saranac Properties (Saranac Mine; Saranac Uranium Mines Ltd.)
Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine)
Wilberforce Molybdenite Mine
Woodcox Occurrence

Latitude: 44°59'40"N
Longitude: 78°15'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.994444444444,-78.265277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Ancylite	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Humite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scapolite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Ancylite Apatite Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Humite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scapolite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Annite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferri-fluoro-katophorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Kasolite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Norbergite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1050	0	3	32041,32049,32060	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	0	6	32048,32049,32056,32061,32063,32067	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1050	0	1	32040	2162
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1050	0	1	32049	92
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1050	0	1	32040	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1050	0	1	32040	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1050	0	1	32044	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1050	0	15	32039,32040,32041,32044,32047,32048,32049,32050,32051,32053,32055,32056,32060,32062,32067	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1050	0	1	32061	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1050	0	3	32049,32060,32063	285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1050	0	1	32054	236
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1050	0	1	32048	566
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1050	0	1	32062	1797
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1050	0	1	32041	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1050	0	9	32039,32041,32047,32048,32049,32057,32061,32062,32068	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1050	0	1	32049	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1050	0	2	32049,32059	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1050	0	1	32068	8173
Ferri-fluoro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1050	0	1	32040	2
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1050	0	4	32040,32044,32056,32060	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1050	0	3	32062,32063,32067	9617
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	1050	0	7	32040,32050,32052,32053,32054,32056,32058	24
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1050	0	1	32062	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1050	0	1	32054	70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1050	0	7	32048,32049,32050,32053,32060,32067,32068	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1050	0	9	32041,32049,32055,32061,32062,32063,32066,32067,32068	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1050	0	1	32049	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1050	0	1	32067	14640
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)(OH)	1050	0	1	32049	16
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1050	0	1	32048	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1050	0	3	32041,32049,32068	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1050	0	1	32049	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1050	0	0		139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	0	6	32039,32040,32049,32052,32060,32070	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1050	0	9	32039,32041,32049,32051,32061,32062,32067,32068,32069	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1050	0	1	32061	140
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1050	0	1	32040	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1050	0	1	32067	17380
Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)₂(O,OH)₆	1050	0	1	32040	6
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂	1050	0	1	32055	37
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	0	1	32056	2349
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1050	0	1	32049	46
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1050	0	8	32041,32044,32047,32050,32053,32061,32062,32068	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1050	0	10	32039,32040,32041,32048,32049,32060,32061,32062,32065,32067	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1050	0	9	32039,32048,32049,32055,32061,32062,32067,32068,32069	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1050	0	9	32040,32041,32049,32051,32052,32060,32062,32063,32067	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1050	0	2	32040,32056	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1050	0	1	32040	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1050	0	1	32041	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1050	0	1	32049	21482
Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeBSiO₅	1050	0	1	32049	19
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1050	0	1	32049	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1050	0	3	32041,32060,32062	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1050	0	3	32041,32049,32060	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1050	0	8	32040,32048,32049,32060,32062,32063,32065,32067	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1050	0	14	32039,32040,32041,32048,32049,32056,32060,32062,32063,32065,32067,32068,32069,32070	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1050	0	5	32039,32040,32060,32063,32068	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1050	0	6	32041,32048,32049,32060,32062,32063	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1050	0	5	32060,32062,32063,32065,32067	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1050	0	2	32062,32067	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1050	1050	10	32039,32040,32041,32044,32048,32062,32063,32065,32067,32070	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
GSAB66_1131-001	a granite near Tory Hill and Monmouth Township, Ontario
Michelle_556	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_556	0	0	Recent		Age of weddellite mineralization	high				Yes		Weddellite		14550	Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	Haliburton County	Mandarino (1983)		CM21_509
	GSAB66_1131-001	1050	1050	1050	U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			27508	Tory Hill Area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	Tory Hill	Tilton et al (1955)		GSAB66_1131

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110203	Bear Lake Diggings (Gibson Road Western Occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110203
R130006	Bear Lake Diggings (Gibson Road Western Occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130006
R130003	Millar's Mine, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130003
R040019	Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R040019
X050139	Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/X050139
R130407	Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130407

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