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Locality Name:
Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1048

mindat Locality ID: 24831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 119
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Aberdeen Township
Batchewana Bay Area
Blind River-Elliot Lake Area
Chabanel Township
Cowie Township
Duncan Township
Elliot Lake Area
Esquega A.C.R. Township
Finan Township
Franchere Township
Galbraith Township
Giles Township
Gladstone Township
Gould Township
Hawkins Township
Jarvis Township
LeClaire Township
Long Township
Mamainse Point Area
McMurray And Chabanel Townships
McMurray Township
Morin Township
Musquash A.C.R. Township
Naveau Township
Nicolet Township
Patton Township
Peever Township
Plummer Additional Township
Rabazo Township
Rankin Township
Ryan Township
Rydal Bank Area
Slater Township
Smilsky Township
Spragge Township
Thompson Township
Vankoughnet Township
Wawa Area

Latitude: 47°12'0"N
Longitude: 84°9'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.2,-84.164166666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Voltaite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Voltaite Zircon

102 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*
Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdomenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*
Parsonsite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Soddyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Voltaite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	31528,31564	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	1048	2	31578,31633	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	2	31546,31578	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	2	31546,31578	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1144.2	1048	4	31546,31550,31578,31592	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1055	1055	1	31601	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2500	1600	2	31531,31584	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1144.2	1048	1	31578	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	31632	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1055	1055	3	31598,31599,31600	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1144.2	1048	6	31517,31558,31578,31598,31601,31607	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	31554	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2639	2635	6	31523,31528,31564,31577,31615,31633	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	1	31578	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	1048	9	31528,31531,31558,31564,31569,31572,31578,31611,31617	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1055	1055	1	31601	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1055	1055	14	31517,31560,31564,31569,31570,31571,31590,31598,31599,31600,31607,31611,31612,31617	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2500	1600	12	31520,31531,31532,31533,31535,31536,31538,31539,31540,31541,31542,31568	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1055	1055	6	31517,31558,31598,31599,31600,31611	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2639	1048	22	31523,31539,31550,31558,31569,31570,31571,31575,31578,31579,31596,31597,31598,31599,31600,31601,31605,31609,31612,31624,31626,31633	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1144.2	1048	2	31546,31578	232
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	31626	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2500	1600	1	31531	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	31632	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1070	1055	14	31559,31560,31564,31569,31570,31571,31598,31599,31600,31607,31609,31612,31617,31619	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O			1	31605	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	1048	45	31517,31522,31526,31528,31532,31544,31552,31556,31558,31559,31560,31562,31564,31569,31570,31571,31572,31575,31577,31578,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588,31590,31594,31598,31599,31600,31601,31603,31607,31609,31611,31612,31614,31615,31619,31628,31630,31632,31633	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	31541	577
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2500	1600	2	31531,31532	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			2	31605,31624	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	31539	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			2	31532,31541	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1070	1055	12	31569,31570,31571,31572,31573,31597,31598,31599,31600,31617,31619,31620	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1055	1055	6	31558,31564,31598,31599,31600,31611	4165
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	1055	1055	4	31597,31598,31599,31600	81
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	31571,31572	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2639	2635	2	31592,31633	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2500	1048	2	31531,31578	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1144.2	1048	4	31575,31578,31579,31609	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	2635	1	31633	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2639	1048	10	31531,31546,31550,31558,31564,31569,31578,31596,31601,31633	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	1055	8	31528,31531,31564,31569,31570,31598,31599,31600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2639	1055	15	31526,31528,31532,31564,31569,31579,31582,31588,31598,31599,31600,31601,31617,31619,31632	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			5	31522,31558,31575,31579,31632	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2639	1600	20	31526,31531,31547,31548,31552,31562,31577,31580,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588,31594,31603,31615,31630,31633	30554
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31541	61
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	31569	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	31541,31575,31579	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1055	1055	3	31598,31599,31600	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2639	1048	28	31517,31528,31531,31533,31556,31558,31559,31562,31564,31569,31570,31575,31578,31579,31590,31596,31598,31599,31600,31603,31605,31617,31619,31624,31626,31630,31632,31633	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4000	1048	5	31531,31532,31578,31628,31633	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	31570,31571	5591
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆			1	31605	63
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1055	1055	5	31569,31598,31599,31600,31601	1271
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	79
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	2635	1	31633	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	31569	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	1048	13	31522,31531,31532,31533,31546,31564,31566,31569,31575,31578,31596,31598,31603	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	31558,31570,31571,31605	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	31575	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	31569	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1144.2	1048	4	31532,31546,31550,31578	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1070	1055	7	31532,31550,31598,31599,31600,31601,31619	5800
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃			1	31605	15
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2639	1055	10	31526,31532,31539,31541,31562,31568,31597,31601,31619,31633	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1144.2	1048	2	31546,31578	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	31532	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	2635	1	31633	313
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂			1	31605	63
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	31544,31592	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1144.2	1048	1	31578	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	31569,31573	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	1048	48	31517,31522,31523,31524,31526,31528,31532,31533,31539,31541,31542,31544,31547,31548,31550,31552,31556,31558,31562,31564,31566,31568,31570,31575,31577,31578,31579,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31588,31594,31596,31597,31598,31599,31600,31601,31603,31607,31615,31619,31628,31630,31632,31633	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	1048	25	31522,31526,31532,31544,31548,31575,31577,31578,31579,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588,31594,31598,31599,31600,31614,31615,31628,31632,31633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2639	1048	46	31517,31519,31523,31524,31528,31531,31532,31533,31538,31539,31540,31541,31546,31548,31550,31552,31556,31558,31560,31562,31568,31569,31570,31571,31575,31578,31580,31583,31586,31587,31590,31594,31596,31598,31599,31600,31601,31603,31607,31609,31611,31612,31615,31622,31630,31633	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	148
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	2635	4	31577,31583,31584,31633	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2639	1600	4	31531,31532,31568,31633	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2500	1055	6	31531,31550,31598,31599,31600,31601	4894
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	54
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	31605	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			10	31522,31523,31524,31539,31566,31575,31579,31603,31609,31612	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	4000	2500	1	31628	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	31528,31564	5186
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂			1	31533	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2639	1055	14	31528,31544,31564,31569,31582,31585,31588,31598,31599,31600,31617,31619,31632,31633	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2500	1600	1	31531	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈			2	31558,31611	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1055	1055	4	31597,31598,31599,31600	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1055	1055	2	31601,31632	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	31532,31533	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2500	1048	3	31531,31546,31578	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2639	2635	1	31633	73
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	1600	13	31520,31531,31532,31535,31538,31539,31540,31541,31542,31568,31605,31624,31626	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	31533	890
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1055	1055	4	31597,31598,31599,31600	111
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2500	1600	1	31531	939
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈			1	31611	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	1048	7	31531,31532,31533,31541,31546,31568,31578	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000514	carbonatite complex
Jen_0001014	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central ferruginous dolomite carbonatite plug surrounded by ring of sövite; carbonatite and silicocarbonatite dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mixed carbonate-silicate rocks, ijolite, lamprophyre dykes and fenite.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
ree-00236	2500	1600	Early Proterozoic						171344	Blind River-Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Elliott Lake (Blind River)- Quirke-Panel	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00237	2500	1600	Early Proterozoic						171344	Blind River-Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Elliott Lake (Blind River)- Stanleigh	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00235	2500	1600	Early Proterozoic						171345	Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Elliott Lake (Blind River)- Denison	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000514	1144.2	1141	1142.6±1.6		kimzeyite	Kimzeyite			234322	Firesand Creek Carbonatite Complex, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Firesand River	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001014	1048	1048	1048	K-Ar					234322	Firesand Creek Carbonatite Complex, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Firesand River	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
PorphCu-00070	1055	1055	1055				Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite	Cu	25411	Tribag Mine, Nicolet Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Tribag	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00442	1070	1070	1070				Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206378	Jogran Cu Deposit, Ryan Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Jogran	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00260	4000	2500	Archean						254752	Pater Mine, Spragge Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Pater	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
Bradley_2012_126	2639	2635	2637±2	U/Pb	zircon	Zircon			45859	Wawa Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	[Wawa Gneiss]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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