Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cardiff Uranium Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cardiff Uranium Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'4"N
Longitude: 78°11'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.017777777778,-78.196944444444

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Talc	Tengerite
Titanite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Meionite ()*	Melanocerite-(Ce) ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Norbergite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Uraninite ()*
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 B C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Si Ti U Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Humite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sepiolite Serpentine Talc Tengerite
Titanite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	94
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	52
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₄(CO₃)₇·9H₂O	10
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Melanocerite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	Ce₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(OH,O)	7
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂	37
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	Y₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(O,OH,F)	6
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_556	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.

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
	Michelle_556	0	0	Recent		Age of weddellite mineralization	high				Yes		Weddellite		14550	Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada	Haliburton County	Mandarino (1983)		CM21_509

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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