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Locality Name:
Mayo Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 21213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayo Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bessemer Mine
Childs Mine
Highway 28 Road Fill
Highway 28 Roadcut
Rankin Mine

Latitude: 45°4'3"N
Longitude: 77°37'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.0675,-77.624722222222

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzSpinelTitanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2232202,322053419
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13220511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)532202,32203,32204,32205,3220627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213220227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)432202,32203,32204,322068173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1322067437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1322052812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313220514640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61322062228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4432202,32203,32204,3220614899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21322042273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2532202,32203,32204,32205,3220639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8232202,322069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213220561156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1322044899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1322031025



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