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Locality Name:
Rose Quartz Pit (Aqua Rose Quarry; Quadeville West Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1040
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1040

mindat Locality ID: 7803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rose Quartz Pit (Aqua Rose Quarry; Quadeville West Mine), Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°19'5"N
Longitude: 77°25'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.318055555556,-77.425555555556

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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzScheeliteSpinelZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)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)1040104008803
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2104010400606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181040104004286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6104010400518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6104010400414
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O10401040016
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21040104009617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310401040014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410401040014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1040104004924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210401040017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210401040039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210401040061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8104010400353
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1040104005251



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
Mo-0013410401040      YesMolybdeniteMo14719Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, CanadaLyndoch TownshipFrondel & Wickman (1970) AM55_1857 


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