Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 58183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blithfield Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blithfield Meteorite
Blithfield Mine (Caldwell Mine)
Quilty Mine

Latitude: 45°16'38"N
Longitude: 76°46'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.277222222222,-76.771111111111

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.

Calcite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Iron	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Starkeyite	Titanite

Alabandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cristobalite Epidote Iron Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Starkeyite Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	32945	312
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32946	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	32945	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	32945	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	32945	944
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	32945	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	32945	1089
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	32947	5800
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	32945	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	32946,32947	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	32946,32947	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	32946	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	32946	293
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	32945	374
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	32946	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	32945	1044
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32946	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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