Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 204852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry)
Nephton Quarry (Craig Pit; American Nepheline Co. Mine)
Roadcut Along Regional Road 46

Latitude: 44°41'4"N
Longitude: 77°57'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.684444444444,-77.965555555556

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	Analcime	Brewsterite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Brewsterite-Ba ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Brewsterite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Mica Natrolite None Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	32876	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	32876,32877,32878	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	32877	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	32876	1534
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite	Ba(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	1	32876	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32876	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	32876,32877	232
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	32876,32877	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	32876	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32876	8173
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32876	209
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	32876,32877	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	32876,32877,32878	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	32876,32877	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	32876,32877	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	32876,32877	884
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	32876,32877	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	32876,32878	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32876	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	32878	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	32878	4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	32876,32877	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	32876	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	32876	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	32876,32877	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100147	Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Methuen Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100147

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