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Locality Name:
York River Skarn (York River Tactite Zone), York River Area, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 6972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "York River Skarn (York River Tactite Zone), York River Area, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°4'14"N
Longitude: 77°43'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.070555555556,-77.731666666667
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: Al B C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayGarnetHumiteHydrotalcite
LudwigiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSerpentineSodalite
SpinelTochiliniteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O032
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]056
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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