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Locality Name:
Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 14550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 126
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 105

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Cardiff Township
Dovers Spring Road
Dudley Township
Dysart Township
Glamorgan Township
Gooderham Area
Guilford Township
Harcourt Township
Highland Grove Area
Livingstone Township
Lutterworth Township
McClintock Township
Minden Township
Monmouth Township
Snowdon Township
Tory Hill Area
Wilberforce Area

Latitude: 45°2'51"N
Longitude: 78°25'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.0475,-78.423333333333

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: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Se Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteBaryteBastnäsiteBeryl
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHumiteKaolinite
LanthaniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalate
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSchoepiteSepioliteSerpentine
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurTalcTengeriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymite
VesuvianiteZircon

105 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Curite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Edenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferri-fluoro-katophorite  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluoro-richterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Lanthanite-(La)  (*)
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Norbergite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schoepite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tritomite-(Y)  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)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)210500831964,31987,32003,32011,32020,32041,32049,320603419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)105010501431953,31963,31981,31984,31988,31994,32014,32048,32049,32056,32061,32063,32067,320748803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)00831953,31960,31963,31967,31973,31979,31981,31982706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O001319941627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO210500331953,31955,320402162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O1050013204992
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3001320271534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)210500132040356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)105001320401036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)200132005718
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6105001131955,31956,31959,31962,31963,31967,31969,31980,31984,31987,320442060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)105005431952,31953,31955,31956,31959,31961,31962,31965,31966,31967,31969,31970,31972,31973,31979,31980,31981,31983,31984,31985,31987,31993,31994,31996,31997,31998,31999,32001,32003,32013,32020,32022,32025,32027,32028,32033,32039,32040,32041,32044,32047,32048,32049,32050,32051,32053,32055,32056,32060,32062,32067,32072,32075,3207627770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O10501050331993,31994,32074232
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)001319531252
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO20013195694
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210500431979,31981,32030,3206127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)800231953,31979577
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2105001031956,31958,31962,31967,31975,31978,31985,32049,32060,32063285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)400131956951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F210500132054236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)001319561025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O10500132048566
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1800231953,320051008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3105001031953,31960,31968,31974,31993,32007,32014,32020,32062,320761797
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O00231952,3197951
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)10501050232041,32074498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6160002331964,31967,31970,31972,31983,31987,31996,32000,32005,32027,32033,32034,32039,32041,32047,32048,32049,32057,32061,32062,32068,32074,320764135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2001320039895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)10500132049648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)210500332049,32059,32076160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10500331955,32025,320688173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O600231953,31979414
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O0013195316
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO400131953196
Ferri-fluoro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22F2105001320402
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)200131981271
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F30013195652
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F105002331953,31955,31956,31959,31960,31962,31963,31967,31969,31973,31975,31979,31980,31981,31983,31984,31996,32036,32040,32044,32056,32060,320762740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2105001931952,31953,31955,31956,31959,31962,31966,31967,31975,31976,31979,31980,31981,31983,31984,32062,32063,32067,320769617
Fluoro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22F210500832040,32050,32052,32053,32054,32056,32058,3207624
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10500232011,3206224243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO31050013205470
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)105001231967,31981,31987,31994,32048,32049,32050,32053,32060,32067,32068,320737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu0013196730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC105002531953,31956,31958,31960,31962,31967,31975,31978,31985,31993,31994,31996,31997,32001,32018,32031,32041,32049,32055,32061,32062,32063,32066,32067,320682812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O10500231953,320496890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310500431953,31979,31987,3206714640
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na,U,   )2(Nb,Ti)2O6(OH)0013201810
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)(OH)1050013204916
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3001319845433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)600331953,31967,320732228
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O0013195399
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4001319535591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O10500531952,31953,31963,31981,32048198
Lanthanite-(La)  (*)LanthaniteLa2(CO3)3·8H2O0013198210
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY4(CO3)7·9H2O0013195610
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4105010502231953,31955,31962,31963,31966,31967,31973,31975,31979,31981,31984,31993,31994,31998,32014,32018,32027,32041,32049,32068,32073,3207414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210500231953,320495674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl10500331995,32001,32038139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)00331956,32001,32035176
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)00231956,319797
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O0013197917
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O00132076443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)105010501931953,31955,31956,31959,31963,31967,31980,31984,31988,31991,32020,32022,32039,32040,32049,32052,32060,32070,320744924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2105002931953,31954,31956,31960,31963,31965,31966,31967,31969,31971,31976,31977,31979,31987,31999,32015,32016,32019,32023,32025,32039,32041,32049,32051,32061,32062,32067,32068,320695800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO310500132061140
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)10500331960,31963,32040945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210500531953,31993,32011,32012,3206717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O00231993,319941236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)10501050431968,31993,31994,32074884
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)6105001320406
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F210500231956,3205537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)10500231998,320562349
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)21050013204946
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2105001231956,31975,31987,31996,32041,32044,32047,32050,32053,32061,32062,320682273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)600131953121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105010504031953,31954,31955,31956,31960,31962,31963,31965,31966,31967,31969,31972,31975,31976,31979,31981,31984,31987,31993,31994,31996,31999,32003,32013,32014,32025,32026,32030,32039,32040,32041,32048,32049,32060,32061,32062,32065,32067,32072,3207439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8105010502531953,31955,31956,31962,31965,31966,31969,31975,31976,31979,31993,31996,31997,32030,32039,32048,32049,32055,32061,32062,32067,32068,32069,32073,320749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2160002831953,31956,31960,31963,31967,31972,31973,31976,31979,31981,31987,31999,32000,32003,32013,32015,32016,32019,32031,32040,32041,32049,32051,32052,32060,32062,32063,3206761156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)210500232040,32056148
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O00131967293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO210500232014,320405614
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)60013197994
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O001319811153
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O10500231956,32041241
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO500331953,31960,320311516
Silver  (*)CopperAg001319675186
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl00231993,31994444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10500631953,31996,31997,32003,32011,3204921482
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO51050013204919
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10500231960,320492045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)210500731953,31956,31994,32003,32041,32060,320623337
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO210500332041,32049,32060236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)105002331952,31953,31955,31959,31960,31963,31966,31972,31973,31979,31981,31984,31999,32018,32024,32040,32048,32049,32060,32062,32063,32065,320671006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O105010503631952,31953,31955,31956,31959,31960,31961,31963,31966,31967,31969,31972,31979,31980,31984,31998,31999,32003,32020,32033,32036,32039,32040,32041,32048,32049,32056,32060,32062,32063,32065,32067,32068,32069,32070,320744899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O001319791059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2160001631964,31987,32000,32006,32014,32017,32020,32022,32025,32034,32039,32040,32060,32063,32068,320722562
Tritomite-(Y)  (*)ApatiteY5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)00231956,319836
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se20013195371
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2105001631952,31953,31955,31956,31960,31963,31966,31979,31981,32041,32048,32049,32060,32062,32063,320762718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O105001031952,31953,31955,31963,31979,32060,32062,32063,32065,32067890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1010500232062,320671395
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O00232025,3202832
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4001319811655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)105010502731953,31955,31956,31960,31962,31963,31966,31969,31972,31973,31979,31981,31984,31993,31994,31999,32039,32040,32041,32044,32048,32062,32063,32065,32067,32070,320745251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
GSAB66_1131-001a granite near Tory Hill and Monmouth Township, Ontario
Michelle_556Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.


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
Michelle_55600Recent Age of weddellite mineralizationhigh    Weddellite 14550Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaHaliburton CountyMandarino (1983) CM21_509 
sedznpb-0013016001000Mesoproterozoic        216907Salerno Lake Occurrence, Glamorgan Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaSalerno LakeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
GSAB66_1131-001105010501050U-Pb zircon   Zircon  27508Tory Hill Area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaTory HillTilton et al (1955) GSAB66_1131 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050173Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/X050173
R070759Bicroft Mine (Centre Lake Mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070759
R110203Bear Lake Diggings (Gibson Road Western Occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110203
R130006Bear Lake Diggings (Gibson Road Western Occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130006
R130003Millar's Mine, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130003
R040019Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R040019
X050139Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/X050139
R130407Wilberforce Graphite Mine (Virginia Graphite Mine), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130407


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