Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Port Arthur Mine, Little Turtle Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 254408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Arthur Mine, Little Turtle Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°45'28"N
Longitude: 92°41'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.757777777778,-92.687777777778

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Gypsum	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Starkeyite

Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*
Yarrowite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Devilline Gypsum None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Starkeyite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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