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Locality Name:
Welland Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 204862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Welland Co., Ontario, Canada": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bertie Township
Humberstone Township
Niagara Falls
Thorold Area
Thorold Township
Wainfleet Township

Latitude: 43°0'10"N
Longitude: 79°10'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.002777777778,-79.176666666667

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)433992,33997,33998,339991588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13399211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)933987,33990,33992,33993,33994,33997,33998,33999,3400227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1339921252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2533992,33994,33997,33998,339999895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2533992,33996,33997,33998,339999617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS233992,3399624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O533990,33992,33997,33998,339996890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61339921066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2333997,33998,339995674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2333987,33990,3399239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2433987,33988,33992,3400261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS633992,33993,33996,33997,33998,3399921482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS233992,339992045



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