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Locality Name:
Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°19'16"N
Longitude: 88°48'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.321111111111,-88.811111111111
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperDomeykiteFluoriteGypsumMarcasite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As073
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060181Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060181

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