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Horseshoe Bay, Ontario, Canada

Type:	Bay - a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Mindat.org Region:	Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Region:	Ontario, Canada
Latitude:	45° 7' 0" N
Longitude:	77° 54' 58" W
Lat/Long (dec):	45.11683,-77.91621
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Mindat Feature ID:	5977317
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5977317:7
GUID:	b0156e02-5d9c-4a41-989e-ef19f5a47bed

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
McFall Lake occurrence (Birds Creek), Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 7' 11" N	77° 53' 56" W	1.4km (0.9 miles)
Highway 62 north roadcut, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 7' 17" N	77° 51' 53" W	4.0km (2.5 miles)
Price Chopper Occurrence, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 5' 2" N	77° 51' 24" W	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Hickey Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 2" N	77° 53' 11" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Baptiste Lake area, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 5' 55" N	77° 59' 31" W	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Eagles Nest occurrence, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 4' 34" N	77° 51' 10" W	6.7km (4.2 miles)
Selby Hill, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 37" N	77° 54' 33" W	6.7km (4.2 miles)
Hybla pegmatite, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 38" N	77° 51' 23" W	6.8km (4.2 miles)
Baptiste Lake North occurrences, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 44" N	77° 54' 59" W	6.9km (4.3 miles)
McCormack Mine (North and South), Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 7" N	77° 50' 27" W	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Hybla area, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 0" N	77° 50' 59" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Watson Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 28" N	77° 50' 8" W	7.8km (4.8 miles)
Bower's Point Roadcut, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 5' 35" N	78° 0' 36" W	7.8km (4.9 miles)
CN Rock Dump (CN Dump), Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 3' 25" N	77° 51' 23" W	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Cairns Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 42" N	77° 49' 55" W	8.3km (5.1 miles)
Plunkett Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 33" N	77° 49' 41" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
John Hawley farm, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 7' 19" N	77° 48' 33" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Warwickite occurrence, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 5' 8" N	78° 0' 57" W	8.6km (5.3 miles)
MacDonald Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 9' 57" N	77° 49' 10" W	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Greyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 1' 54" N	77° 53' 44" W	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Princess Sodalite Quarry (Princess Quarry), Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 4' 20" N	77° 48' 33" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Bentley Lake occurrence (Madawaska mine property), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 1' 39" N	77° 55' 5" W	9.9km (6.2 miles)
Vardy Quarry, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 4' 45" N	77° 48' 0" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Robertson Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 3' 56" N	77° 48' 38" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Davis Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 4' 5" N	77° 48' 20" W	10.2km (6.4 miles)
Woodcox Mine, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 45" N	77° 49' 5" W	10.4km (6.4 miles)
Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 3' 52" N	77° 48' 23" W	10.4km (6.5 miles)
Diamond Lake, Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 4' 50" N	78° 2' 25" W	10.5km (6.6 miles)
Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 1' 14" N	77° 55' 29" W	10.7km (6.6 miles)
Hybla Road roadcut, Monteagle Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	45° 10' 41" N	77° 48' 18" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)

view of radioactive crystals in the roof

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

another radioactive crystal

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

large radioactive

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

view of radioactive crystals in the roof

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

another radioactive crystal

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

large radioactive

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

view of radioactive crystals in the roof

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

another radioactive crystal

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

Minerals recorded nearby (within 11.1 km)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Hydromagnesite

ⓘ 'Hydronephelite'

ⓘ Hydroxycalciopyrochlore

ⓘ 'var: Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'

ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Supergroup'

ⓘ 'var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 11.1 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Canada	Country
Ontario, Canada	Province
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada	Mineral Occurrence Area
Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	County
Herschel Township, Hastings Highlands Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	Township
North America Plate	Tectonic Plate

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Canada, Ontario, Hastings, Hastings Highlands	42.9.136.2512.0.0

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