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Locality Name:
Beryl Pit (Quadeville East Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1040
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1040

mindat Locality ID: 6641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beryl Pit (Quadeville East Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°18'51"N
Longitude: 77°22'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.314166666667,-77.378055555556
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmorphousBerylBismutiteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Titanite  (*)Vigezzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)610401040043
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1040104008803
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2104010400606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181040104004286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3104010400214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31040104001935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)104010400716
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6104010400518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6104010400414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21040104009617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2104010400163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1040104007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310401040014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31040104005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410401040014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1040104004924
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1040104002994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210401040039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210401040061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21040104005614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1040104002705
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1040104004899
Vigezzite  (*)Aeschynite(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O610401040012
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1040104005251


1 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
Mo-0013410401040      YesMolybdeniteMo14719Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, CanadaLyndoch TownshipFrondel & Wickman (1970) AM55_1857 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110140Beryl Pit (Quadeville East Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110140

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