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Locality Name:
Copperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2739
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2735

mindat Locality ID: 13226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°57'43"N
Longitude: 80°2'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.961944444444,-80.036944444444
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 B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteMalachiteMelonite
MicaMilleriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTourmalinehauchecornite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenohauchecornite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Temagamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi18Bi3AsS162739273505
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42739273505516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227392735027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22739273509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)273927350648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2739273508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27392735024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2739273507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu27392735030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327392735014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te273927350804
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4273927350249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427392735014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227392735012537
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2273927350155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2739273501066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227392735017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS273927350767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227392735039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227392735061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2739273502705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2739273506417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4273927350249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2739273505186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2273927350337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27392735021482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)27392735092
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe327392735024


1 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
Hg-0005727392735 U-Pb     TemagamiteHg13226Copperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); Bowins and Heaman (1991)   

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