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Albite from
MacDonald Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrochlore Group6
- var Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)6
Quartz6
- var Smoky Quartz3
Microcline3
Garnet Group3
Zircon3
- var Cyrtolite3
Muscovite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view MacDonald Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:44897
Long-form Identifier:1:3:44897:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPlunkett Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘCairns Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘWoodcox Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘWatson Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘMcCormack Mine (North and South), Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘHybla area, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘTaylor Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘHybla pegmatite, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘGraphite Road roadcut, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘNear Graphite Road, Musclow Greenview Road roadcuts, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
References
Spence, Hugh S. (1930) Pegmatite minerals of Ontario and Quebec. American Mineralogist, 15 (9) 430-450
Hewitt, D. F. (1967) Pegmatite Mineral Resources of Ontario. Industrial Mineral Report 21. Ontario Department of Minesp.21
 
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