Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 211160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niagara Falls, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Canal Dump (Montrose Occurrence)
Welland Canal

Latitude: 43°4'32"N
Longitude: 79°7'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.075555555556,-79.124722222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur

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:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	33992	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	33992	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	33992,33993	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	33992	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	33992	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	33992	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	33992	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	33992	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	33992	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	33992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	33992	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	33992,33993	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	33992	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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