Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Texmont Mine (Fatima), Bartlett Township And Geikie Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2703

mindat Locality ID: 13091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Texmont Mine (Fatima), Bartlett Township And Geikie Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°9'50"N
Longitude: 81°12'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.163888888889,-81.204444444444

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel

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: Cu Fe H Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe H Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2710	2703	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2703	27198
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2703	40
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2710	2703	205
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2710	2703	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2703	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2703	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2703	9056
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2710	2703	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_687	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

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_687	2710	2703	2710-2703		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	13091	Texmont Mine (Fatima), Bartlett Township And Geikie Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Texmont	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).

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