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Locality Name:
White River Property (White River Gold Occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2696
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2621

mindat Locality ID: 122807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White River Property (White River Gold Occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°39'35"N
Longitude: 85°50'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.659722222222,-85.845277777778

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: Al Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)22696262103419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26962621027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226962621027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42696262103902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2696262101025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62696262104135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2696262108173
Gold  (*)CopperAu26962621030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32696262101544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426962621014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2696262104924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2696262101066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22696262105800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82696262101512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22696262101898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226962621039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82696262109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226962621061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22696262105614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4269626210249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26962621021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2696262104899
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3269626210212
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2696262105251



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
Cr-0000226962621 U-Pb     Chromite, UvaroviteCr122807White River Property (White River Gold Occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada Charlene Charlene 


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