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Locality Name:
Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 204848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baxter Township
Brunel Township
Chaffey Township
Finlayson Township
Franklin Township
Freeman Township
Stephenson Township
Stisted Township
Watt Township

Latitude: 45°10'37"N
Longitude: 79°27'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.176944444444,-79.465
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparFluoriteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
SpinelVesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1326321036
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13261627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213262527198
Gold  (*)CopperAu13262530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1326302812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4232629,3263514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1326294924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213262317380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1326292349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21326322273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2232625,3263539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2432621,32629,32632,3263561156
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21326272718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101326161395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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