Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tory Hill Area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1050
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 27508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tory Hill Area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Highway 118 & 121 Expansion Roadcut

Latitude: 44°58'23"N
Longitude: 78°16'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.973055555556,-78.274444444444

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	Cancrinite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite Feldspar Gadolinite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	1050	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1050	0	1	32075	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1050	1050	0		232
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1050	1050	0		498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1050	1050	0		4135
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1050	1050	0		14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	1050	0		4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1050	1050	0		884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1050	1050	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1050	1050	0		9056
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1050	1050	0		4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1050	1050	0		5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
GSAB66_1131-001	a granite near Tory Hill and Monmouth Township, Ontario
Michelle_556	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_556	0	0	Recent		Age of weddellite mineralization	high				Yes		Weddellite		14550	Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	Haliburton County	Mandarino (1983)		CM21_509
	GSAB66_1131-001	1050	1050	1050	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			27508	Tory Hill Area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	Tory Hill	Tilton et al (1955)		GSAB66_1131

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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