Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 851.7

mindat Locality ID: 23990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 109
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 84

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Admaston Township
Arnprior Area
Bagot Township
Blithfield Township
Bromley Township
Brougham Township
Brudenell Township
Calabogie Area
Combermere Area (Palmer Rapids Area)
Eganville Area
Foresters Falls Area
Golden Lake Occurrence
Goshen Area
Gratton Township
Griffith Area
Griffith Township
Head Township
Horton Township
Jones Township
Lake Clear Area
Lyndoch Township
Maria Township
McNab Township
Quadeville Area
Radcliffe Township
Raglan Township
Renfrew
Renfrew Area
Ross Township
Sebastopol Township
Whitewater Region Township
Wilberforce Township

Latitude: 45°28'31"N
Longitude: 77°5'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.475277777778,-77.097222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite
Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fairchildite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gismondine	Gypsum	Humite
Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tochilinite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Beryl Bismutite
Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Fairchildite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gismondine Gypsum Humite
Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tochilinite Tourmaline Tridymite
Vesuvianite Zircon

99 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bütschliite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fairchildite ()*	Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluor-uvite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Garronite-Ca ()*	Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tochilinite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Vigezzite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1040	1040	7	32938,32949,32987,32993,32994,33010,33039	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	33005	1022
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1040	1040	1	32992	43
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	32945	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1040	1040	13	32943,32949,32955,32961,32962,32974,32982,32984,32992,32996,33031,33032,33039	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	32984	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	32961	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	32984,32986	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1600	1000	2	32933,32943	1588
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	33005	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			5	32962,32979,33029,33034,33036	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1600	1000	1	32933	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1040	1040	2	32992,32996	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1040	1040	2	32992,32996	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1040	1040	1	32992	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1040	1040	1	32992	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1040	1040	1	32992	716
Bütschliite ()*	None	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂			2	32966,32970	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	44	32933,32934,32936,32938,32940,32942,32943,32946,32949,32951,32953,32954,32955,32959,32960,32962,32968,32976,32978,32979,32981,32982,32993,32995,33005,33008,33010,33011,33012,33014,33017,33018,33020,33021,33023,33027,33028,33029,33032,33033,33034,33035,33036,33040	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	32961	232
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	32942,32964	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	6	32933,32936,32938,32940,32982,32995	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	32968	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	32943,32954,32987,33020	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	32982,33032	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1040	1040	3	32992,32996,33001	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			5	32961,32965,33003,33006,33011	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	32945	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	32945	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	851.7	20	32933,32943,32949,32953,32954,32955,32963,32971,32973,32982,32987,32994,33005,33010,33018,33025,33029,33032,33034,33036	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	851.7	11	32933,32934,32938,32942,32943,32976,32982,32987,33019,33020,33025	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1040	1040	1	32994	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	33016	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	32945	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	32940,32973,32982,33006	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1040	1040	6	32966,32984,32992,32996,33005,33006	414
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂			1	32970	10
Fergusonite-(Ce) ()*	Scheelite	CeNbO₄·0.3H₂O	1040	1040	1	32996	16
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	32966	271
Fluor-uvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			1	33016	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			8	32962,32990,33028,33029,33032,33034,33035,33036	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1040	1040	7	32936,32987,32992,32996,33017,33018,33031	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1040	1040	1	32992	163
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	33005	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	2	32933,32995	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O			1	32961	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1040	1040	5	32940,32992,32998,33024,33039	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O			1	32961	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1600	1000	16	32933,32943,32945,32951,32953,32954,32968,32976,32982,32987,32998,33014,33019,33020,33024,33040	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	32972	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	32954,32982	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1040	1040	13	32938,32939,32940,32943,32976,32984,32986,32992,32996,33006,33020,33024,33028	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1040	1040	2	32992,33005	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	32945	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1040	1040	5	32939,32973,32995,33006,33039	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	32984	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	32962	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1040	1040	19	32938,32940,32943,32952,32954,32957,32973,32981,32982,32984,32986,32992,32996,33003,33006,33008,33021,33027,33031	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	32936	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	33020,33034	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			2	32954,32982	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1040	1040	18	32943,32954,32955,32972,32973,32977,32978,32979,32980,32982,32984,32989,32992,32996,33031,33034,33035,33039	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1040	1040	17	32939,32943,32947,32949,32950,32954,32955,32980,32981,32982,32995,33006,33008,33012,33018,33022,33023	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1040	1040	2	32955,32995	140
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	32984	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1040	1040	13	32955,32961,32965,32973,32978,32982,32984,32987,32993,32996,33005,33011,33014	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			2	32961,33011	884
Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)₂(O,OH)₆			1	33001	6
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS			1	32945	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1040	1040	1	32992	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			7	32957,32982,33017,33018,33029,33034,33035	2349
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	32968	46
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	13	32933,32943,32951,32955,32971,32976,32982,32987,32993,33029,33032,33034,33036	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	32984	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	36	32933,32938,32939,32940,32942,32943,32946,32947,32949,32951,32952,32954,32955,32961,32963,32973,32976,32977,32980,32981,32982,32984,32986,32987,32992,32995,32996,32998,33006,33008,33012,33018,33019,33021,33034,33039	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	1000	18	32933,32940,32943,32946,32947,32949,32951,32954,32955,32968,32982,32987,32995,32998,33005,33008,33014,33021	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1060	851.7	44	32934,32938,32939,32940,32941,32943,32946,32949,32951,32952,32954,32955,32971,32972,32973,32977,32978,32979,32980,32982,32984,32986,32987,32989,32992,32994,32995,32996,32998,33000,33005,33008,33011,33012,33018,33024,33025,33028,33031,33032,33035,33036,33039,33040	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1040	1040	5	32946,32954,32981,32982,32995	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1040	1040	5	32968,32984,32992,33020,33028	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1040	1040	2	32984,32996	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1040	1040	1	32992	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	32945	374
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	32998	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			2	32961,33005	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	3	32933,32940,32995	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	33017,33018	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1600	1000	5	32933,32938,32939,33020,33024	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1600	1000	1	32933	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			6	32963,32982,32984,32986,33008,33009	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1040	1040	35	32938,32943,32946,32954,32955,32957,32959,32960,32962,32966,32968,32972,32973,32977,32978,32979,32980,32982,32986,32987,32992,32995,32998,33006,33014,33018,33021,33023,33027,33028,33029,33032,33034,33035,33036	4899
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]			1	32968	56
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	851.7	18	32933,32935,32938,32940,32943,32951,32953,32955,32965,32987,32993,32994,33008,33019,33020,33024,33025,33040	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	32945	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1040	1040	5	32943,32963,32995,33005,33009	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	33009	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	32987	1395
Vigezzite ()*	Aeschynite	(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₆	1040	1040	1	32992	12
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1040	1040	16	32957,32959,32960,32962,32972,32973,32979,32984,32992,32996,33006,33023,33029,33034,33035,33036	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	32946	1025

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
MT2012_Lariviere_0002	1110	1090	1100 ± 10	U-Pb	unit cuts host rock	zircon		Zircon			14034	Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Renprior Mine	Lariveire (2012)		MT2012_Lariviere	Chenaux gabbro which crosscuts the marble belt was dated at about 1100 Ma (Lumbers, 1982).
sedznpb-00077	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic								14034	Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Cadieux	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Mo-00134	1040	1040							Molybdenite	Mo	14719	Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Lyndoch Township	Frondel & Wickman (1970)		AM55_1857
Mo-00131	870.1	851.7		Re-Os					Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada		Lentz and Creaser (2005)	10.2113/gsemg.14.1-4.95	EMG14_95
Mo-00132	1056.8	1049.4		Re-Os					Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada		Lentz and Creaser (2005)	10.2113/gsemg.14.1-4.95	EMG14_95
Mo-00133	1060	1010	1060–1010	Re-Os		molybdenite		Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Haley Station	Easton (1986); Lentz (1996)
MT2012_Lariviere_0001	1235.9	1229.3	1232 +3.9/-2.7	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Yes	Zircon			146448	L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Calumet Mine	Lariveire (2012)		MT2012_Lariviere	This age is Mesoproterozoic and refines the age bracket of the Grenville Supergroup marbles of the Bryson-Renfrew area

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060029	Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060029
R050286	Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050286
R110140	Beryl Pit (Quadeville East Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110140

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