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Locality Name:
Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2632
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2475

mindat Locality ID: 58504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Clinozoisite Locality
Coniaurum Mine
Davidson Mine (Davidson-Tisdale; Porcupine-Davidson)
Dome Mine
Hollinger Mine
McIntyre Mine (Pamour Mine)
Paymaster Mine
Preston Mine

Latitude: 48°28'57"N
Longitude: 81°14'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.4825,-81.2475

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)224752475231808,318103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26322475331808,31809,318108803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe26322602231808,31809489
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)247524751318101588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226322475331808,31809,318103092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26322602231808,318099052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2131808260
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4247524751318105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26322475331808,31809,3181027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S247524751318105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224752475331806,31808,3181027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)226322602131809376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)263226021318091025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe26322602131809169
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21318089895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26322475331808,31809,318108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24752475231808,3181024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu26322475731806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,3181230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32475247513181014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te26322602131809804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224752475231806,318105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226322475431807,31808,31809,3181017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS24752475131810767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe226322602231808,31809409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226322475731806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,3181239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8231808,318119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226322475531807,31808,31809,31810,3181161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26322602331808,31809,318114894
Silver  (*)CopperAg24752475331806,31808,318105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS24752475231808,3181021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4131808337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3131808276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13247524751318101803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S26322602131809510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13247524751318105317



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0001449263226022617 ± 15 age of associated magmatismscheelite   Scheelite  565Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaHollingerPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 
PorphCu-00050247524752475      Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu15963McIntyre Mine (Pamour Mine), Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaMcIntyreSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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