Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Long Lac Mine, Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 14867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Long Lac Mine, Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°41'53"N
Longitude: 86°57'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.698055555556,-86.957777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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: As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	4000	2500	343
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	4000	2500	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4000	2500	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4000	2500	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4000	2500	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4000	2500	3418

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
	Jen_0001448	4000	2500	Archean		age of mineralization									14867	Little Long Lac Mine, Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada	Little Long Lac	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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