Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Crater Mine (Basin Property), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-545.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 45°1'45"N
Longitude: 78°'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.029166666667,-78.010555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ce F Fe H Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	960	960	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	960	960	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	960	960	4135
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	960	960	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	960	960	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	960	960	9617
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	960	960	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	960	960	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	960	960	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	960	960	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	960	960	9056
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	960	960	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	960	960	5251

1 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
	Cr-00025	960	960	960	Pb			fergusonite			Yes		Davidite-(Ce)	Cr	542	Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Madawaska	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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