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Quartz from
Highway 28 roadcut, Mayo Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:barite occurs as tiny cockscomb? or rosettes associated with quartz and calcite xls, calcite are transparent-translucent and have a reddish tinge likely due to hematite. quart occurs as xls and vien quartz, the vien quartz is often vuggy and contain calit
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite4
Tourmaline1
Actinolite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Highway 28 roadcut, Mayo Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44838
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44838:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.7km (5.4 miles) Highway 28 East tourmaline occurrence, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
9.1km (5.6 miles) York River smoky quartz occurrence, York River area, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
9.2km (5.7 miles) Highway 28 roadcut, Raglan Township, Brudenell-Lyndoch-and-Raglan, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
9.3km (5.8 miles) York River Bridge fill, York River area, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
9.9km (6.1 miles) Mentor Exploration occurrence, Carlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
10.6km (6.6 miles) S.J. Carr occurrence, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
12.4km (7.7 miles) Quirk showing, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
14.0km (8.7 miles) Thompson Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
14.4km (9.0 miles) Tait farm, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
15.5km (9.6 miles) Taylor Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
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