Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caledon Township, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caledon Township, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Credit Valley Quarry (Inglewood Quarry)
Deforest Quarry
Forks Of The Credit Quarries

Latitude: 43°47'35"N
Longitude: 79°58'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.793055555556,-79.966944444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Covellite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	32844	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	32844,32847	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	32844,32847	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	32843,32844	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	32844	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	32844	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	32844	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	32843,32844	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	32843,32844,32847	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	32844	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	32844	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	32844,32847	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	32843,32844,32847	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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