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Locality Name:
French River Occurrence, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 31406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "French River Occurrence, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°1'15"N
Longitude: 80°39'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.020833333333,-80.659722222222
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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNonePyroxene
SodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Augite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Graphite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100110French River Occurrence, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100110

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