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Biotite from
Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cancrinite5
Magnetite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Mountain Quarry (Unimin Quarry), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:933932
Long-form Identifier:1:3:933932:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘNephton Quarry (Craig Pit; American Nepheline Co. Mine), Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
18.0km (11.2 miles) ⓘDuck Lake intrusive, Chandos Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘConsolidated Uranium CorporationLimited, Chandos Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
27.8km (17.3 miles) ⓘCoe Hill Gold occurrences, Wollaston Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘBob Neil Mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘMarmoraton Mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘDyno Mine, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘCavendish Uranium Mine, Cavendish Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘAumacho River occurrence, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
34.7km (21.5 miles) ⓘBrough Lake molybdenite occurrence, Cardiff Township, Highlands East Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
References
McLemore, V.T. (2006) Nepheline Syenite. In Industrial Minerals and Rocks (7th ed.) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO. p.653-670.
 
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