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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1020
Youngest recorded age at locality: 960

mindat Locality ID: 15460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bentley Lake Occurrence (Madawaska Mine Property)
Bow Lake Iron Mine
Greyhawk Mine
Jeffrey (Jefrey Deposit) Occurrence
Jeffrey Lake Occurrences
Lockwoods Farm Occurrence
Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine)
Madawaska Mine Loop Roadcut
Monck Road Roadcuts
Pipe Lake
Silver Crater Mine (Basin Property)

Latitude: 45°0'53"N
Longitude: 77°55'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.014722222222,-77.925555555556
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 As Au B C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCancriniteChabaziteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGypsumMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Datolite  (*)Davidite-(Ce)  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Talc  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tritomite-(Y)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)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)29609601321403419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O610209601321361022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1020960332132,32136,321418803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO210209601321302162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)10209601321361588
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21020960132136356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21020960132136295
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs960960132133379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS9609601321339052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O610209601321362060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1020960632130,32135,32136,32137,32139,3214127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1020960132136232
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)10209601321361252
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1020960132136310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2102096013213627198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9609601321321025
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1020960132136498
Davidite-(Ce)  (*)CrichtoniteCe(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)389609601321365
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61020960332135,32136,321414135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)29609601321409895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9609601321328173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61020960232136,32141414
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)102096013213628
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1020960332130,32139,321412740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21020960332132,32136,321419617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1020960232132,321367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu96096013213330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC9609601321352812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O10209601321366890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31020960432131,32132,32136,3213714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310209601321305433
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21020960232136,32141238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41020960432130,32131,32132,3214114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210209601321365674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1020960132136388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1020960332130,32132,321364924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21020960332136,32139,321415800
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3960960132133511
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1020960132136144
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2960960232135,321402273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21020960632132,32133,32135,32136,32139,3214139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81020960332135,32136,321419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21020960632130,32132,32133,32136,32137,3213961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS960960132133712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O9609601321331153
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)29609601321403337
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1020960332132,32135,321361006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1020960432130,32132,32136,321414899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2960960532133,32134,32135,32139,321402562
Tritomite-(Y)  (*)ApatiteY5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)10209601321366
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21020960432132,32135,32136,321392718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1020960132136890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1020960332132,32136,321415251


2 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
Bradley_2012_020102010141017±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  542Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaMadawaskaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Cr-00025960960960Pb fergusonite   Davidite-(Ce)Cr542Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaMadawaskaGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060149Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060149
R050253Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050253

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