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Locality Name:
Purdy Mine, Mattawan Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 998
Youngest recorded age at locality: 996

mindat Locality ID: 15148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Purdy Mine, Mattawan Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°19'1"N
Longitude: 78°54'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.316944444444,-78.903055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Zircon

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 Be Ca Ce Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	998	996	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	998	996	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	998	996	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	998	996	414
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	998	996	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	998	996	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	998	996	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	998	996	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	998	996	2718
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	998	996	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	998	996	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_133	998	996	997±1	U/Pb			euxenite							15148	Purdy Mine, Mattawan Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Purdy #3 Mine	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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