Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trout Bay Copper Mine, Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 13225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13225.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trout Bay Copper Mine, Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°0'10"N
Longitude: 94°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.002777777778,-94.209444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 As Co Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Co Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Löllingite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Nisbite ()*	Paracostibite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2800	2800	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2800	2800	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2800	2800	24243
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	2800	2800	20
Paracostibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	2800	2800	6
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2800	2800	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2800	2800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2800	2800	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2800	2800	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2800	2800	5317

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
	vms-00265	2800	2800	Archean										S	13225	Trout Bay Copper Mine, Mulcahy Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Trout Bay	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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