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Locality Name:
Norman Property, Norman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1851
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 244432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norman Property, Norman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°46'40"N
Longitude: 80°52'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.777777777778,-80.869722222222

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 Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteUllmannite
hauchecornite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hauchecornite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1851184902793
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe218511849041
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850185005516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21851184905171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe185118490281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS185118490966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1850185004165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18511849024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18511849030554
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS818501850027
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te185118490804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31851184905433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418511849014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21851184905674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2185118490252
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2185018500155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe185018500114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1850185001066
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se185118490192
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS185018500767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81850185001512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4185018500131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218511849039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81851184909056
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4185018500249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1851184905186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2185018500337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18511849021482
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO218511849052
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S185118490510
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe185118490100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4185018500380



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
EG105_1057_018185018501850     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization   Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 


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