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Locality Name:
Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trout Bay Copper Mine

Latitude: 51°0'10"N
Longitude: 94°12'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.002777777778,-94.209166666667
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 As Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Co Cu Fe Ni O S Sb Sn Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumLöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Paracostibite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS280028001323699052
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb280028000175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22800280013236927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS280028000966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2800280013236924243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS280028000170
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32800280005433
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22800280005674
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb22800280013236920
Paracostibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS280028001323696
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3280028001323691425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22800280013236939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8280028001323699056
Silver  (*)CopperAg2800280005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2800280013236921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4280028000668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13280028001323695317


1 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
vms-0026528002800Archean       S13225Trout Bay Copper Mine, Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaTrout BayMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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