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Locality Name:
Greyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 960
Youngest recorded age at locality: 960

mindat Locality ID: 11592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'54"N
Longitude: 77°53'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.031666666667,-77.895555555556

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 Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Th Ti U Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteNonePyriteQuartzSpinel
TitaniteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)96096008803
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)96096001025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)96096008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF296096009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)96096007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3960960014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4960960014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)96096004924
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2960960039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2960960061156
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)96096001006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O96096004899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO296096002718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)96096005251



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
Cr-00025960960960Pb fergusonite  YesDavidite-(Ce)Cr542Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaMadawaskaGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 


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