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Locality Name:
Richardson Mine (Fission Mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 7787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7787.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 45°3'36"N
Longitude: 78°11'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.06,-78.183888888889
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 Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFluorite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzSchoepiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Curite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schoepite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
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
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)000706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8000577
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O00051
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6000414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F0002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20009617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O400014899
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)0007
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O00017
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS20005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200061156
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)600094
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)0001006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O0004899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O0001059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO20002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O000890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0005251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_556Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen and calcite, in Ontario.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_55600Recent Age of weddellite mineralizationhigh   YesWeddellite 14550Haliburton Co., Ontario, CanadaHaliburton CountyMandarino (1983) CM21_509 

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