Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murchison Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 26117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cameron And Aleck Mine
Cameron Mine
J.G. Gole Quarry
Madawaska River Mine

Latitude: 45°31'52"N
Longitude: 78°1'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.531111111111,-78.023888888889

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hellandite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*	Kamotoite-(Y) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Hellandite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	32694,32695,32696,32697	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	32694	2162
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	32694	951
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	32695,32696	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2	32695,32696	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	32696	196
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	32697	7437
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	1	32696	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	32695,32697	14640
Kamotoite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂O₄(UO₂)₄(CO₃)₃·14H₂O	1	32696	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	32696,32697	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	32694,32695,32696,32697	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	32694,32697	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	32694,32695,32697	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	32694,32695,32696,32697	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	32694,32695,32696	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	32694	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	32694	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	32694,32696	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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