Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 108
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Armour Township
Bethune Township
BMA 564 884 Township
Cardwell Township
Chapman Township
Christie Township
Conger Township
Cowper Township
Foley Township
Georgian Bay
Hagerman Township
Henvey Township
Joly Township
Laurier Township
Lount Township
McConkey Township
McDougall Township
Monteith Township
Nipissing Township
Parry Sound Area
Patterson Township
Perry Township
Ryerson Township
Spence Township
Strong Township

Latitude: 45°33'23"N
Longitude: 79°45'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.556388888889,-79.751944444444

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tivanite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	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: Ag Al Au Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tivanite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calciosamarskite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cubanite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Menzerite-(Y) ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zippeite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	7	32779,32785,32792,32804,32807,32811,32838	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1160	1154	2	32779,32819	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1160	1154	7	32743,32779,32788,32795,32804,32818,32827	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1160	1154	2	32752,32783	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1160	1154	1	32779	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1160	1154	1	32785	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1160	1154	5	32771,32773,32774,32775,32777	5516
Calciosamarskite ()*	Columbite	(Ca,Fe,Y)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O₄	1160	1154	2	32760,32761	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1160	1154	13	32755,32757,32758,32782,32785,32794,32795,32802,32803,32804,32831,32835,32836	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1160	1154	1	32752	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1160	1154	2	32774,32777	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1160	1154	20	32742,32743,32745,32762,32766,32767,32771,32772,32773,32774,32775,32776,32777,32779,32782,32798,32800,32803,32818,32822	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1160	1154	1	32785	566
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1160	1154	1	32752	289
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1160	1154	1	32767	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1160	1154	2	32827,32828	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1160	1154	1	32822	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1160	1154	7	32763,32774,32794,32797,32798,32804,32836	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1160	1154	6	32751,32752,32753,32754,32760,32786	414
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1160	1154	1	32779	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1160	1154	2	32779,32804	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1160	1154	4	32733,32741,32752,32836	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1160	1154	1	32799	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1160	1154	4	32765,32774,32788,32822	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1160	1154	10	32739,32747,32753,32788,32798,32805,32828,32831,32832,32835	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1160	1154	6	32735,32751,32784,32785,32822,32825	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1160	1154	1	32779	407
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1160	1154	1	32767	144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1160	1154	2	32752,32779	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	1154	1	32734	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1160	1154	24	32733,32736,32749,32751,32752,32754,32766,32767,32775,32779,32785,32786,32788,32790,32794,32795,32797,32798,32799,32803,32804,32815,32820,32821	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1160	1154	2	32771,32773	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1160	1154	1	32785	5674
Menzerite-(Y) ()*	Garnet	(CaY₂)Mg₂(SiO₄)₃	1160	1154	1	32779	1
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	19	32733,32751,32752,32753,32760,32761,32763,32779,32784,32785,32804,32810,32811,32819,32820,32821,32822,32825,32833	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1160	1154	6	32740,32745,32757,32762,32763,32767	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1160	1154	2	32760,32779	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1160	1154	16	32733,32735,32751,32756,32760,32761,32785,32790,32792,32808,32810,32811,32825,32826,32827,32833	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	1	32786	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1160	1154	2	32742,32800	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1160	1154	3	32733,32735,32827	2273
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1160	1154	1	32752	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	1154	24	32735,32740,32741,32742,32743,32762,32766,32767,32774,32779,32782,32785,32788,32790,32797,32798,32799,32803,32818,32822,32825,32827,32835,32836	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1160	1154	15	32742,32762,32766,32767,32772,32776,32788,32798,32800,32803,32818,32822,32827,32831,32836	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	47	32735,32736,32738,32739,32740,32741,32743,32745,32749,32751,32752,32753,32754,32756,32757,32758,32760,32761,32762,32763,32765,32767,32774,32779,32782,32784,32785,32786,32788,32789,32790,32794,32799,32804,32807,32808,32809,32810,32818,32819,32820,32821,32822,32827,32828,32831,32835	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1160	1154	2	32745,32752	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1160	1154	3	32752,32759,32760	353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1160	1154	2	32747,32832	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1160	1154	1	32745	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1160	1154	2	32767,32779	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1160	1154	1	32786	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1160	1154	1	32747	978
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1160	1154	1	32786	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1160	1154	4	32763,32786,32811,32813	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1160	1154	8	32734,32774,32785,32794,32804,32805,32828,32835	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	1154	1	32745	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1160	1154	7	32759,32760,32761,32762,32785,32791,32814	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1160	1154	1	32813	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1160	1154	2	32779,32811	939
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	1160	1154	1	32785	175
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1160	1154	10	32745,32751,32753,32760,32761,32779,32785,32811,32825,32833	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
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb										562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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