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Locality Name:
McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1670

mindat Locality ID: 135257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°38'10"N
Longitude: 81°23'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.636111111111,-81.4
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 Cu Fe H Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymite
Ullmannitehauchecornite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Geffroyite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1900178002793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe190017800489
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S818501850067
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31900178001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850185005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1900178008173
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi218501850062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19001780024243
Geffroyite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Fe,Ag)9Se818501850010
Gold  (*)CopperAu19001780030554
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS818501850027
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te190017800804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31900178005433
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)185018500116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419001780014899
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe18501850023
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2185018500155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe185018500114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1850185001066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2185018500133
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S218501850055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81850185001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219001780039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81900178009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219001780061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21900178005614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1900178005186
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te418501850024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2185018500337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19001780021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4185018500668
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe190017800100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4185018500380


8 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
EPSL105_416-00019189016701780±110Re-Os  PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79 Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridgeWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001968189016701780±110Re-Os    Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridge MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00020190017801840±60Re-Os  F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578 Yes  14297Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevak WestWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EG105_1057_018185018501850       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001967190017801840±60Re-Os       135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevack West MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization      135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00021183017101770±60Re-Os  PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139 Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathconaWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001969183017101770±60Re-Os    Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathcona MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 

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