Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Williams Township

Latitude: 43°4'31"N
Longitude: 81°48'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.075277777778,-81.815555555556

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	Clay	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	32613	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32613	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	32613	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	32613	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	32613	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	32613	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	32613	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	32613	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	32613	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	32613	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	32613	9056

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...