Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tip Top Mine (North Coldstream Mine), Burchell Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 254384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tip Top Mine (North Coldstream Mine), Burchell Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°36'6"N
Longitude: 90°35'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.601666666667,-90.584722222222

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Baryte Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2800	2500	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2800	2500	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2800	2500	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2800	2500	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2800	2500	376
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2800	2500	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2800	2500	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2800	2500	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2800	2500	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2800	2500	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2800	2500	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2800	2500	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2800	2500	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2800	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2800	2500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2800	2500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2800	2500	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2800	2500	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2800	2500	4899

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
	vms-00259	2800	2500	Late Archean											254384	Tip Top Mine (North Coldstream Mine), Burchell Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada	North Coldstream	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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