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Locality Name:
Lac Des Iles Complex, Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 13093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lac Des Iles Complex, Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°10'0"N
Longitude: 89°37'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.166666666667,-89.616666666667

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteFeldsparIsomertieite
LöllingiteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyrite
RocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
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)203419
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3024
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS053



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