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Locality Name:
Area 41 Deposit, Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 310577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Area 41 Deposit, Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: As Au Bi Cu Fe Ni Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Cu Fe Ni Pb Pd Pt S Sb Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteNickelineNonePerovskitePotaritePyriteStillwaterite
Ullmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopalladinite  (*)Atokite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Gold  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Vincentite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3031
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn029
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As3015
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb011
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn034
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi044
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3024
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb046
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As017
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb032



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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