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Locality Name:
Walsh Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walsh Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deadhorse Creek Complex
Morley Pyrite Occurrence

Latitude: 48°49'36"N
Longitude: 86°40'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.826666666667,-86.679444444444
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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sc Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaotiteBaryteCalciteCoronaditeCrichtoniteFeldsparFluoriteMonaziteNonePhenakite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelThortveititeZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baotite  (*)Barylite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Jervisite  (*)Lindsleyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Natalyite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61335241022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1335248803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21335243092
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl13352427
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O713352433
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13352411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13352427770
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O133524566
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3813352427
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21335249895
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16133524243
Jervisite  (*)PyroxeneNaSc3+Si2O61335245
Lindsleyite  (*)Crichtonite(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O3813352412
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413352414899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)133524945
Natalyite  (*)PyroxeneNaV3+Si2O61335243
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)133524326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2233524,3352539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213352461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21335245614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1335241006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O713352454
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O133524628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21335242718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)133524939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1335245251


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