Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 27002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Albemarle Township
Amabel Township
Keppel Township
Kincardine Township
Wiarton Area

Latitude: 44°38'58"N
Longitude: 81°13'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.649444444444,-81.227777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Halite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31659	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	31650,31652,31653,31654,31656,31659,31660	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	31659	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	31649,31653	9895
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	31660	1398
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	31649	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	31652,31654	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	31652,31653,31654,31656,31659	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	31649	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	31649	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	31659,31660	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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