Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 851.7

mindat Locality ID: 566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Elliott's Mine
Foresters Falls Quarry (Jamieson Quarry)
Haley Mine
Highway 17 Roadcut
Molybdenite Prospect
Ross Mine
Smith Mine (Smith Quarries)
Wright Mine

Latitude: 45°37'37"N
Longitude: 76°46'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.626944444444,-76.776388888889

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
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 F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	33018,33020,33021,33023	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	33020	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1060	851.7	2	33018,33025	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1060	851.7	3	33019,33020,33025	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	33018	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	33024	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	33019,33020,33024	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	33020,33024	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	33021	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	33020	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	33018,33022,33023	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	33018	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	33018,33019,33021	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	33021	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1060	851.7	3	33018,33024,33025	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	33020	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	33018	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	33020,33024	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	33018,33021,33023	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1060	851.7	4	33019,33020,33024,33025	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	33023	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Mo-00131	870.1	851.7		Re-Os			Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada		Lentz and Creaser (2005)	10.2113/gsemg.14.1-4.95	EMG14_95
Mo-00132	1056.8	1049.4		Re-Os			Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada		Lentz and Creaser (2005)	10.2113/gsemg.14.1-4.95	EMG14_95
Mo-00133	1060	1010	1060–1010	Re-Os	molybdenite	Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	14715	Wright Mine, Ross Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Haley Station	Easton (1986); Lentz (1996)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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