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Locality Name:
Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 179453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-179453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°40'39"N
Longitude: 77°56'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.6775,-77.949166666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBrewsteriteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaNatroliteNonePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSodaliteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteWollastoniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Brewsterite-Ba  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O60286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Brewsterite-Ba  (*)BrewsteriteBa(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O09
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100147Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100147

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