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Locality Name:
Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2739
Youngest recorded age at locality: 536

mindat Locality ID: 10451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Antoine Township
Best Township
BMA 565884 Township
Butt Township
Calvin Township
Cameron Township
Cassels Township
Chambers Township
Cynthia Township
Deacon Township
Dickens Township
Madawaska Area
Mattawan Township
Murchison Township
North Bay Area
Olrig Township
Phyllis Township
Sabine Township
Strathcona Township
Strathy Township
Temagami Area
Torrington Township
Vogt Township

Latitude: 46°26'40"N
Longitude: 79°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.444444444444,-79.209444444444

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.

Aeschynite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite
Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hellandite	Hydrotalcite	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Ullmannite	Zircon	hauchecornite

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt REE S Sb Se Si Sr Ta Te Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brochantite
Brucite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hellandite Hydrotalcite Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite
Ullmannite Zircon hauchecornite

108 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenohauchecornite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kamotoite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nickeline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Palladium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Platinum ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Strontianite ()*	Stützite ()*	Talc ()*	Temagamite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Violarite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	604	560	3	32646,32647,32699	1022
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	32656	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	998	536	12	32648,32662,32675,32679,32683,32692,32694,32695,32696,32697,32706,32711	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	578	568	1	32699	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	32694	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	32711	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	32663	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	32714	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	32711	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	32701,32714	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	32711	379
Arsenohauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₁₈Bi₃AsS₁₆	2739	2735	1	32703	5
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			6	32669,32712,32713,32715,32717,32718	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	32680,32711	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	578	568	1	32699	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	998	996	6	32649,32658,32661,32662,32664,32692	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	32716	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2739	2735	1	32703	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	32714	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			2	32665,32701	462
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	32714	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	604	560	13	32642,32646,32647,32648,32654,32664,32665,32669,32706,32711,32714,32718,32721	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	578	568	1	32699	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2739	568	17	32642,32643,32656,32657,32658,32669,32671,32673,32699,32703,32708,32712,32713,32714,32715,32716,32721	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	32711,32714	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	616	536	3	32675,32694,32701	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	32711	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	32711	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	32669	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	32658	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	32714	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	578	568	1	32699	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2739	2735	2	32665,32703	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2739	2735	1	32703	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2739	996	9	32642,32686,32691,32692,32695,32696,32703,32711,32718	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	998	996	14	32649,32656,32658,32661,32677,32679,32683,32688,32691,32692,32695,32696,32705,32706	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	32663	371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	32696	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	604	560	4	32647,32648,32667,32699	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2739	2735	6	32643,32673,32703,32712,32717,32721	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2739	2735	6	32667,32697,32701,32703,32706,32715	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2739	2735	11	32643,32703,32708,32710,32711,32712,32713,32715,32716,32718,32721	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			5	32639,32654,32701,32718,32723	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	32663	741
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂			1	32696	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2739	560	13	32646,32647,32648,32656,32671,32678,32695,32697,32699,32701,32703,32714,32718	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2739	2735	1	32703	804
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	32701	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			5	32650,32651,32652,32655,32659	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	32667	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	32715	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	578	568	1	32699	179
Kamotoite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂O₄(UO₂)₄(CO₃)₃·14H₂O			1	32696	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	32667	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	32639	1507
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2739	2735	1	32703	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	32714	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2739	536	22	32646,32647,32648,32649,32650,32658,32663,32667,32671,32675,32678,32681,32683,32688,32696,32697,32699,32701,32703,32711,32718,32723	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2739	2735	2	32673,32703	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	32714	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2739	2735	1	32703	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	32714	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	998	536	21	32652,32662,32664,32667,32675,32678,32679,32680,32681,32683,32686,32688,32692,32694,32695,32696,32697,32699,32705,32706,32711	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2739	2735	1	32703	1066
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	32718	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	578	568	4	32642,32699,32711,32716	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			3	32658,32679,32718	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2739	536	18	32639,32652,32658,32660,32662,32663,32675,32677,32679,32686,32688,32690,32691,32692,32694,32697,32698,32703	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	578	568	1	32699	884
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	32711	633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	604	560	3	32648,32690,32691	2349
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd			1	32711	59
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2739	2735	1	32703	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	32711,32714	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	32701	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	32711	485
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	32642	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2739	560	34	32639,32641,32642,32643,32646,32647,32648,32654,32656,32657,32658,32669,32671,32673,32686,32687,32692,32694,32695,32697,32699,32701,32703,32706,32708,32710,32712,32713,32714,32715,32716,32717,32718,32721	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	32701	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	604	560	12	32639,32643,32647,32654,32671,32673,32699,32701,32711,32713,32714,32715	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2739	536	47	32639,32641,32642,32646,32648,32649,32650,32651,32652,32653,32655,32656,32657,32658,32659,32662,32667,32669,32671,32673,32675,32677,32678,32679,32680,32681,32683,32686,32687,32688,32692,32694,32695,32696,32697,32698,32701,32703,32705,32706,32712,32713,32715,32716,32717,32718,32721	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	32654	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	32701	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			4	32656,32658,32679,32683	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2739	2735	1	32703	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2739	536	0		1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			1	32679	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2739	2735	1	32703	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2739	2735	1	32703	249
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	32654	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2739	2735	7	32703,32708,32710,32712,32713,32716,32721	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2739	2735	2	32703,32714	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	32652	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2739	2735	6	32703,32711,32712,32714,32717,32721	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	32718	456
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	32709	589
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	2739	2735	1	32703	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	32714	3337
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	2739	2735	1	32703	24
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	32714	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			9	32651,32654,32664,32680,32694,32695,32696,32706,32711	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	32711	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	998	560	10	32646,32647,32648,32649,32656,32658,32660,32679,32692,32694	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	32694	890
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			2	32711,32714	380
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			2	32706,32718	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	998	996	1	32692	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	998	996	6	32656,32658,32692,32694,32696,32711	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000497	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000498	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000499	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000911	MAGMATIC STYLE: Veins and thick screens. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Alkali pyroxenite and syenite (? fenite) with altered nepheline; extensive fenite.
Jen_0000916	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, K-rich trachyte dykes, ocelli-bearing lamprophyre, fenite.

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Jen_0000499	604	566	585±19	Pb-Pb	zircon	Zircon			223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Manitou Islands Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000911	560	560	560	K-Ar	biotite				223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Manitou Islands	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000497	616	536	576±40	K-Ar					15143	Muskwa Lake Mine (Brent), Deacon Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Brent	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Bradley_2012_133	998	996	997±1	U/Pb	euxenite				15148	Purdy Mine, Mattawan Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Purdy #3 Mine	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_124	2654	2646	2650±4	U/Pb	monazite				192679	North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	[N of North Bay]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Jen_0000498	578	576	577±1	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon			257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Callander Bay Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000916	568	568	568	K-Ar	biotite				257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Callander Bay	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Hg-00057	2739	2735		U-Pb			Temagamite	Hg	13226	Copperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada		Cabri et al. (1991); Bowins and Heaman (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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