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Locality Name:
Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 24112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ancaster Township
Dundas Area
East Flamborough Township
Hamilton Area
Highway 403 Roadcut
Saltfleet Township
West Flamborough Township

Latitude: 43°15'5"N
Longitude: 79°53'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.251388888889,-79.898055555556
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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKieseriteMarcasiteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)334027,34028,340292734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1340273250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)234027,3403111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)934017,34018,34019,34023,34027,34028,34029,34030,3403127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)634014,34027,34028,34029,34030,340311252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)234027,340284979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213402727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2434017,34018,34019,340279895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2434027,34028,34029,340309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS834019,34023,34025,34027,34028,34029,34030,3403124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)334027,34028,340317437
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O234027,3402848
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O934017,34018,34019,34023,34027,34028,34029,34030,340316890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2834017,34018,34019,34027,34028,34029,34030,340315674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2534019,34027,34028,34030,3403139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81340289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2334019,34027,3402861156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O234027,34028293
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1340262473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS734019,34023,34025,34027,34029,34030,3403121482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)334027,34028,34029589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1340272045
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS134027372


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