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Locality Name:
Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galway Township, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Crystal Lake Fluoborite Occurrence
Crystal Lake Mine (Silver Crater Mine)
South Birchbark Occurrence
Tait Occurrence

Latitude: 44°45'20"N
Longitude: 78°31'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.755555555556,-78.528333333333

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 F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteFeldsparFluoriteHumiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinel
TitaniteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)232868,328698803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13286927770
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F313286852
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2232868,328699617
Graphite  (*)NoneC1328682812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413287114899
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F213286837
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213286939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81328689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2232868,328705614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1328691006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1328694899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21328712718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O132869890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)232869,328715251



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