Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bedford Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 157861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bedford Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Bawden Graphite Mine
Black Lake Occurrence
Bob's Lake Mica Mine
Bonaventure Mine
Canoe Lake Area
Canoe Lake Roadcut
Desert Lake Occurrence
Glendower Iron Mine
Hickey-Murphy Lead Mine
Howse Mine
Kingston Mica Mine (Bedford)
Kirkham Property
McLaren Phosphate Mine
Opinicon Lake Mine
Richardson Feldspar Mine
Smythe Mine
Stewart Lake Graphite Prospect
Stoness Mine
Thirty Island Iron Occurrence
Wesport Roadcut Occurrences

Latitude: 44°34'31"N
Longitude: 76°32'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.575277777778,-76.545277777778

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Humite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Humite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Vesuvianite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31868	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31870	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31864	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	31857,31859,31861,31863,31866,31868,31869,31870,31871,31873,31874,31875	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31857	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	31858	203
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	2	31863,31875	285
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	31870	181
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	31864,31867,31868,31872,31875	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	31861,31875	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31864	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	5	31856,31864,31867,31872,31875	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	31857,31862,31863,31865,31870,31874	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31870	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	31866	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	31858,31859,31863,31871,31873	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	31857,31863,31864,31866,31867,31868,31874,31875	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	31857,31866	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	31866,31870,31875	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	31864	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	31860,31870,31875	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31874	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	31866	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31875	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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