Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Zircon Showing, Saranac Properties (Saranac Mine; Saranac Uranium Mines Ltd.), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 4584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zircon Showing, Saranac Properties (Saranac Mine; Saranac Uranium Mines Ltd.), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°58'24"N
Longitude: 78°14'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.973333333333,-78.243333333333

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Th Ti U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1050	0	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1050	0	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1050	0	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1050	0	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1050	0	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1050	0	14640
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1050	0	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1050	0	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1050	0	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1050	0	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1050	0	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1050	0	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1050	0	4899
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1050	0	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1050	0	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1050	1050	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			Yes	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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