Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lac Des Iles Complex, Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 13093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lac Des Iles Complex, Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°10'0"N
Longitude: 89°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.166666666667,-89.616666666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Isomertieite
Löllingite	Marcasite	Melonite	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Feldspar Isomertieite
Löllingite Marcasite Melonite Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	101
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	24
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	53

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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