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Locality Name:
Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1020
Youngest recorded age at locality: 960

mindat Locality ID: 542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'14"N
Longitude: 77°55'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.020555555556,-77.925
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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteBaryteCalciteCancriniteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsumMarcasiteMeta-autunite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzTitaniteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Davidite-(Ce)  (*)Diopside  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tritomite-(Y)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6102096001022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)102096008803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)102096001588
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)210209600356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)210209600295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6102096002060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1020960027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O10209600232
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)102096001252
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O10209600310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21020960027198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)10209600498
Davidite-(Ce)  (*)CrichtoniteCe(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)3896096005
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6102096004135
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O610209600414
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1020960028
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2102096009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)102096007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O102096006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31020960014640
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)210209600238
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2102096005674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O10209600388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)102096004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2102096005800
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O10209600144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21020960039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8102096009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21020960061156
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)102096001006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O102096004899
Tritomite-(Y)  (*)ApatiteY5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)102096006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2102096002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O10209600890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1020101405251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_020102010141017±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  542Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaMadawaskaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Cr-00025960960960Pb fergusonite   Davidite-(Ce)Cr542Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, CanadaMadawaskaGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050253Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050253

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