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Locality Name:
Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 195798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broken Hammer Deposit, Wisner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°45'52"N
Longitude: 81°2'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.764444444444,-81.035555555556
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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteLapieite
MeloniteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteUllmannite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crerarite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malyshevite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
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)203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2041
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Crerarite  (*)Rocksalt(Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x = 0.4-0-8)03
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se032
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malyshevite  (*)LapieitePdCuBiS307
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se0192
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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