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Locality Name:
Eagles Nest Occurrence, Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1010

mindat Locality ID: 21214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagles Nest Occurrence, Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°4'34"N
Longitude: 77°51'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.076111111111,-77.852777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: C Ca Fe H K O S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H K O S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteDiasporeFluoriteNonePyriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Goethite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10601010027770
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1060101007437
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61060101002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410601010014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210601010039462
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1060101001006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1060101004899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21046104602718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1060101005251



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000937104610461046U-Pb uraniniteB-1 YesUraniniteUraniniteU530Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaBancroftEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000938104610461046U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteB-1 YesUraniniteUraniniteU530Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaBancroftEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality
Mo-00004106010101060–1010Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdenite Mo530Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaBancroftEaston (1986); Lentz (1996)   


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