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Locality Name:
Boston Creek Flow Deposit, Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2721
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2695

mindat Locality ID: 122940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122940.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boston Creek Flow Deposit, Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°1'1"N
Longitude: 79°55'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.016944444444,-79.916944444444
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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMelonite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteUllmannite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22721269503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2721269508803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42721269505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27212695027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227212695027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2721269501025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS272126950966
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62721269504135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2721269508173
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)227212695027
Gold  (*)CopperAu27212695030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te272126950804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS272126950119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32721269505433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)272126950116
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4272126950249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)272126950451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427212695014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2272126950155
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se272126950192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227212695039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227212695061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2721269505186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2272126950337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27212695021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb227212695075
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2721269504899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22721269502562


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002169272126952708±13187Re/188Oscrystallization agewhole rock     122940Boston Creek Flow Deposit, Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaBoston Creek FlowWalker and Stone (2001)10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00358-2CG175_567 

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