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Locality Name:
Barrie Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barrie Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Big Dipper Deposit
Blue Lake Occurrence
Cobalt-Frontenac Occurrence
Gough-Hardie Occurrence
Helena Mine (Cooke Occurrence; Stead Prospect; Emrex)
International Mine (Barrie Syndicate)
Kashawakamak Occurrence
Mazinaw Occurrence
Mill Occurrence (Camgar)
Natto Occurrence
Ore Chimney Mine (Bey Mines)
Pay Rock Occurrence
Sheppard Occurrence
Star Mine (Star Of The East)

Latitude: 44°50'7"N
Longitude: 77°6'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.835277777778,-77.101944444444

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteTetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)21318543419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS631844,31846,31848,31849,31850,318519052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21318495509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1318541966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3231850,318541935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)131850716
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11431841,31844,31846,31848843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31318461089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13185127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1318464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21131842,31844,31845,31846,31847,31848,31849,31850,31851,31852,3185427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1318452600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS131851966
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2131851327
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2331842,31846,318519895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1318518173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21318519617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12131851663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS531845,31846,31847,31848,3185124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu931841,31845,31847,31849,31850,31851,31852,31853,3185430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3431844,31845,31850,3185214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31318515433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14431841,31842,31846,31848784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4431841,31847,31851,3185414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213184912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21318515674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24331845,31846,31853158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21131841,31843,31844,31845,31846,31847,31848,31849,31850,31851,3185439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8631843,31845,31847,31848,31851,318549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2431847,31851,31852,3185461156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O131851293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1318544894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1318535186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1031841,31842,31843,31844,31845,31846,31847,31848,31850,3185121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)131851978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31318533418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13831844,31845,31846,31847,31848,31849,31850,318515317



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