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Locality Name:
Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 24115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bathurst Township
Carleton Place
Dalhousie Township
Darling Township
Drummond Township
Elmsley Township
High Falls Area
Lavant Township
North Burgess Township
Perth Area
Ramsay Township
South Sherbrooke Township
Tatlock Quarry

Latitude: 44°59'22"N
Longitude: 76°24'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.989444444444,-76.410277777778

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb 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: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
HumiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalc
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWollastoniteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferrohögbomite-2N2S  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Getchellite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2332495,32497,325153419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61325131022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)432470,32479,32481,324998803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1325071588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1324969052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6232525,325292060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21324965509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)432496,32502,32504,3250711547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4132496343
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6132524248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2732471,32476,32480,32489,32492,32495,32497,32498,32499,32500,32502,32504,32505,32506,32507,32508,32510,32513,32514,32516,32519,32520,32522,32523,32524,32526,3252927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)232502,325131252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1325204979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2732495,32496,32497,32502,32513,32520,3252527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2132496162
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2132519285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4132519951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1324962600
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31324711797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6732471,32482,32492,32507,32510,32515,325164135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2432495,32497,32519,325239895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)132529648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)332479,32486,324988173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6232475,32527414
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S  (*)None(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)3(Al,Ti,Fe)8O15(OH)13247113
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1325072740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21325199617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS232507,3252024243
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS313249619
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)232471,324867437
Graphite  (*)NoneC832484,32492,32496,32499,32503,32515,32516,325192812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1325076890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3732470,32480,32481,32486,32496,32512,3252314640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14132496784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61324972228
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O232507,3251399
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41324705591
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2232469,32493238
Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S  (*)None(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)22(O,OH)321324712
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41932471,32476,32477,32478,32479,32489,32495,32497,32498,32499,32503,32511,32522,32523,32524,32525,32526,32527,3252814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213249612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21325075674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)332470,32499,325154924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21324805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2432469,32500,32503,3251917380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2132507313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21132471,32484,32499,32505,32506,32507,32508,32510,32513,32516,325192273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22632470,32477,32478,32480,32481,32486,32492,32495,32496,32497,32498,32504,32505,32507,32512,32513,32516,32519,32520,32523,32524,32525,32526,32527,32528,3252939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8332496,32515,325299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21932470,32475,32478,32479,32480,32481,32489,32496,32497,32498,32502,32507,32508,32511,32512,32513,32516,32526,3252761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2232471,325155614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1325082705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS332513,32519,3252021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4532469,32471,32473,32474,325191934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31324963418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2232486,325103337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131324965317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1325241006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1132478,32482,32484,32492,32496,32504,32507,32513,32515,32519,325294899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2932484,32486,32495,32497,32499,32515,32517,32519,325242562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21325242718
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O232499,32510652
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31325151247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)632507,32512,32514,32515,32519,325275251



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