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Wilberforce area, Monmouth Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canadai
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Wilberforce areaCommunity
Monmouth TownshipTownship (Former)
Highlands East TownshipTownship
Haliburton CountyCounty
OntarioProvince
CanadaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 2' 12'' North , 78° 13' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Mindat Locality ID:
541
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:541:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Wilberforce was established as "Pusey", a station on the IB&O Railway, and named for railway president Charles J. Pusey. This little railway had initially been built to carry iron ore from open pit mines at Irondale. Although the mines had closed, the railway had high hopes of extending to Bancroft, and even higher hopes of reaching Ottawa. At Wilberforce, where the railway skirted the southern shore of Pusey Lake (now Dark Lake), the Wilberforce Lumber Company put up a sawmill. In 1909 the Wilberforce mill was leased to James Lauder and Joseph Spears, of Toronto. The IB&O Railway was taken over by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1912. Messrs. Lauder and Spears along with Lucien B. Howland, (the former General Manager of the IB&O), looking for new business opportunities, acquired a sawmill on the new CNR line north of Parry Sound, Ontario. The three men eventually established the community of Lost Channel in the Parry Sound District and went bankrupt in the process. Wilberforce is known among geocachers as the "Geocaching Capital of Canada." The first cache in the town was "Wilberforce be With You" placed by Geofellas.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Description: Grice (1989, page 93): "During the later 19th century this mineral was mined from many pits in the area providing phosphate for the fertilizer industry."
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Corundum
Formula: Al2O3
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
References:
Edenite
Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Fluoro-richterite
Formula: {Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Metatorbernite
Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
'Scapolite'
'Scapolite var. Wernerite'
Uraninite
Formula: UO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Corundum4.CB.05Al2O3
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Metatorbernite8.EB.10Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Edenite9.DE.15NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Fluoro-richterite9.DE.20{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Scapolite
var. Wernerite'
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'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
H MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
H Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C Scapolite var. Wernerite
OOxygen
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O CorundumAl2O3
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O UraniniteUO2
O Scapolite var. Wernerite
O Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluoriteCaF2
F Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Na EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Na Scapolite var. Wernerite
Na Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Mg Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al CorundumAl2O3
Al EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Al Scapolite var. Wernerite
SiSilicon
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Si Scapolite var. Wernerite
Si Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
PPhosphorus
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Cl Scapolite var. Wernerite
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca EdeniteNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Scapolite var. Wernerite
Ca Fluoro-richterite{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
CuCopper
Cu MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
UUranium
U MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
U UraniniteUO2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_East,_Ontario
Wikidata ID:Q4859933

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