Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 255501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit)

Latitude: 45°24'46"N
Longitude: 76°42'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.412777777778,-76.708888888889

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1600	1000	1	32933	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1600	1000	1	32933	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	1	32933	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	1	32933	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	1	32933	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	1	32933	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	1	32933	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1600	1000	1	32933	2812
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	1	32933	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	1	32933	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	1000	1	32933	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	1	32933	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1600	1000	1	32933	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1600	1000	1	32933	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	1	32933	2562

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
MT2012_Lariviere_0002	1110	1090	1100 ± 10	U-Pb	unit cuts host rock	zircon		Zircon	14034	Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Renprior Mine	Lariveire (2012)	MT2012_Lariviere	Chenaux gabbro which crosscuts the marble belt was dated at about 1100 Ma (Lumbers, 1982).
sedznpb-00077	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic						14034	Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Cadieux	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
MT2012_Lariviere_0001	1235.9	1229.3	1232 +3.9/-2.7	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Yes	Zircon	146448	L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Calumet Mine	Lariveire (2012)	MT2012_Lariviere	This age is Mesoproterozoic and refines the age bracket of the Grenville Supergroup marbles of the Bryson-Renfrew area

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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