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Locality Name:
Salerno Lake Occurrence, Glamorgan Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 216907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salerno Lake Occurrence, Glamorgan Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleNonePyroxeneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Diopside  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61600100004135
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216001000061156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21600100002562



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_556Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_55600Recent Age of weddellite mineralizationhigh   YesWeddellite 14550Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaHaliburton CountyMandarino (1983) CM21_509 
sedznpb-0013016001000Mesoproterozoic        216907Salerno Lake Occurrence, Glamorgan Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaSalerno LakeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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