Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nickel Rim Mines Property, Conger Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 253433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickel Rim Mines Property, Conger Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°10'45"N
Longitude: 79°49'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.179166666667,-79.830555555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: Cu Fe Mo O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe Mo O S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1160	1154	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1160	1154	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	1154	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1160	1154	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1160	1154	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb						Yes				562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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