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:
Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 256187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Griffin Brothers Quarry (Joyceville)
St. Lawrence Wollastonite Deposit

Latitude: 44°24'25"N
Longitude: 76°17'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.406944444444,-76.297777777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Wollastonite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Wollastonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Microcline ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31921	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	31920,31921	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	31921	4135
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	31921	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31920	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	31921	741
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31921	4924
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	31921	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31921	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31921	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31921	61156
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	31921	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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