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Locality Name:
Conger Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 23314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conger Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brignall Mine (McQuire And Robinson)
McQuire Mine
Nickel Rim Mines Property
Ojaipee Mine

Latitude: 45°13'21"N
Longitude: 79°50'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.2225,-79.841944444444
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 Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Calciosamarskite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calciosamarskite  (*)Columbite(Ca,Fe,Y)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O411601154232760,3276111
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21160115413276227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)116011541327638173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O611601154132760414
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11601154332760,32761,327634924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211601154232762,327635800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)11601154132760945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211601154232760,3276117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21160115413276239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8116011541327629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211601154432760,32761,32762,3276361156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O811601154132760353
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)116011541327631006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211601154332760,32761,327622718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11601154232760,327615251


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
Bradley_2012_021116011541157±3U/Pb    Yes  562Parry Sound District, Ontario, CanadaParry SoundMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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