Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 43996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43996.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 49°10'17"N
Longitude: 89°36'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.171388888889,-89.615555555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Isomertieite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Millerite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Isomertieite
Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Talc

40 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
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
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	24
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	53
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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