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Locality Name:
Herschel Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 27725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herschel Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baptiste Lake Area
Baptiste Lake North Occurrences
Bower's Point Roadcut
Diamond Lake
McFall Lake Occurrence (Birds Creek)
Patterson Occurrence
Warwickite Occurrence

Latitude: 45°8'1"N
Longitude: 77°58'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.133611111111,-77.979166666667

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 B C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Mo Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteHumiteMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzScapoliteSerpentine
SpinelTalcTitaniteTochiliniteWarwickiteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sinhalite  (*)Spinel  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Warwickite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21321473419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6132151141
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21321522162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61321472060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)332148,32149,3215027770
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2132152285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4132152951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6432146,32147,32149,321504135
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6132151414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21321529617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1321527437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1321522812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31321525433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413215114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21321525674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl132149139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)132146176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2232146,321525800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2232146,3215239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81321529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2232147,3215161156
Sinhalite  (*)OlivineMgAl(BO4)13215220
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41321521934
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)13215287
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21321503337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O532146,32147,32148,32149,321504899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]13215256
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)13215215
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)232148,321505251



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