| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) |
| Formula: | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti, Nb,Ta)2O6Z(OH) |
| Habit: | Cubo-octahedral |
| Colour: | Brown |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Zircon | 17 |
| Fluorapatite | 13 |
| Calcite | 7 |
| Apatite | 6 |
| Biotite | 5 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Pyrochlore Supergroup | 1 |
| Scapolite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Silver Crater Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (123 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1903 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1903:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) |
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| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘCroft Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘBicroft Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | ⓘCanada Radium Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 13.2km (8.2 miles) | ⓘHalo Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘRichardson Mine (Fission Mine), Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘMcCormack Mine (North and South), Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| 19.8km (12.3 miles) | ⓘWatson Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| 20.3km (12.6 miles) | ⓘCairns Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| 20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘPlunkett Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| 21.4km (13.3 miles) | ⓘMacDonald Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
| References |
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McMaster, Scott A., Ram, Rahul, Pownceby, Mark I., Tardio, James, Bhargava, Suresh (2015) Characterisation and leaching studies on the uranium mineral betafite [(U,Ca) 2 (Nb,Ti,Ta) 2 O 7 ]. Minerals Engineering, 81. 58-70 doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2015.07.007 Emproto, Christopher, Alvarez, Austin, Anderkin, Christian, Rakovan, John (2020) The Crystallinity of Apatite in Contact with Metamict Pyrochlore from the Silver Crater Mine, ON, Canada. Minerals, 10 (3) 244 doi:10.3390/min10030244 |
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Silver Crater Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada