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Locality Name:
Tripp Mine (Nu-Age Mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 21781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tripp Mine (Nu-Age Mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Allanite Occurrence

Latitude: 45°3'37"N
Longitude: 78°10'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.060277777778,-78.175

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 As C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H La Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLanthanite
NonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinelZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Lanthanite-(La)  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)0008803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)00131982706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2000271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F0002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0007437
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O000198
Lanthanite-(La)  (*)LanthaniteLa2(CO3)3·8H2O0013198210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O400014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O0001153
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)0001006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO20002718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40001655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0005251



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


1 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 


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