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Locality Name:
Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 241040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Kirkland Lake Gold Mine
Kirkland Rand Mine (Ontario Kirkland; Hudson Rand)
Lake Shore Mine
Lucky Cross Mine (Golden Gate)
Macassa Mine
Swastika Mine (Crescent Kirkland)
Sylvanite Mine
Teck-Hughes Mine
Toburn Mine (Tough-Oakes Burnside Mine)
Wright Hargreaves Mine

Latitude: 48°8'24"N
Longitude: 80°3'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.14,-80.054444444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Gypsum
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	33909	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2500	541	9	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33913,33914,33915,33916	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	33909	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	33909	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	541	4	33909,33911,33914,33916	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2500	541	8	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33914,33915,33916	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	4	33909,33911,33915,33916	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	33909	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	9	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33913,33914,33915,33916	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2500	541	8	33907,33908,33909,33911,33913,33914,33915,33916	169
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	7	33907,33909,33911,33912,33913,33914,33916	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	10	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33912,33913,33914,33915,33916	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	33907,33914,33916	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	33909	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	5	33909,33911,33914,33915,33916	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	33907,33915	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	33909,33914	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2500	541	5	33908,33911,33914,33915,33916	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	10	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33912,33913,33914,33915,33916	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	33909	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	33915,33916	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			4	33909,33913,33915,33916	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	33909	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	10	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33912,33913,33914,33915,33916	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	33909,33914	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	7	33907,33908,33909,33910,33911,33912,33914	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	33909,33915,33916	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			2	33913,33915	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	33915	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2500	541	0		1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	33915	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	33907,33913	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	33909	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_677	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_677	2500	541	Proterozoic		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	15124	Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Macassa	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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