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Locality Name:
Head Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255840.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carey Mine (Mackey Mine)

Latitude: 46°11'24"N
Longitude: 77°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.19,-77.817777777778

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 Ca Ce Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteClayColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1329848803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)132984706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21329842162
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6132984414
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313298414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41329845591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413298414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1329844924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)132984945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213298417380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6132984121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213298439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213298461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21329845614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8132984353
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1329841006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1329845251



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