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Locality Name:
Cuprous Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2015
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 10452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuprous Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, 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 C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1925188609052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219251886027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22015180009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19251886024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC2015180002812
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219251886039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81925188609056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19251886021482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen


10 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
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001192518861886-1925 age of Amisk Grouphigh   Yes S22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566composite age from multiple references listed in Syme and Bailes (1993) for the Amisk Group which is host to the VMS deposits
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002188918861886-1889 Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group   Yes  22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003186018301860-1830     Yes  22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt
CJES28_1328_0001187218561864 ± 8Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0002186518591862 ± 3U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0003182918191824 ± 5U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0004185318411847 ± 6U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0005196119351948 ± 13Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0006201519771996 ± 19Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
vms-0011018001800Proterozoic     Yes S11182Flin Flon Mine (South Main Mine), Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin FlonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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