Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1010

mindat Locality ID: 530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
CN Rock Dump (CN Dump)
Eagles Nest Occurrence
Price Chopper Occurrence

Latitude: 45°4'48"N
Longitude: 77°51'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.08,-77.854722222222

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.

Alunite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tochilinite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Ti U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Humite
Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tochilinite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1060	1010	2	32114,32115	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1060	1010	0		232
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1060	1010	0		236
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1060	1010	0		1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1060	1010	0		4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1060	1010	0		1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1060	1010	1	32114	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1060	1010	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1060	1010	0		14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1060	1010	0		341
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1060	1010	1	32114	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1060	1010	1	32114	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1060	1010	0		4924
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1060	1010	0		495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1060	1010	1	32114	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1060	1010	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1060	1010	1	32115	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1060	1010	0		444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1060	1010	0		1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1060	1010	1	32114	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1060	1010	2	32114,32115	4899
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1060	1010	0		56
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1046	1046	1	32114	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1060	1010	1	32114	5251

3 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	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
Giersdorf_00000937	1046	1046	1046	U-Pb			uraninite	B-1	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	530	Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Bancroft	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000938	1046	1046	1046	U-Pb	formation age	high	uraninite	B-1	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	530	Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Bancroft	Eikenberg et al. (1993)	10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4	GCA57_1053	Age given as the Formation Age of the locality
Mo-00004	1060	1010	1060–1010	Re-Os			molybdenite		Molybdenite		Mo	530	Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Bancroft	Easton (1986); Lentz (1996)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-35	Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-35
R040025	Town Of Bancroft, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R040025

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