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Locality Name:
Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 14925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°41'22"N
Longitude: 76°46'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.689444444444,-76.771666666667
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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteHumiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRocksalt
SphaleriteVesuvianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Galena  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)160047003250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1600470027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21600470027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F216004700285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6160047004135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1600470024243
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)216004700201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6160047001066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2160047005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21600470039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8160047009056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1600470021482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10160047001395


2 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
NLDNRGS16_27_0001515470492.5 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  14925Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, CanadaLong Lake MineHinchey (2016) NLDNRGS16_27 
sedznpb-0010316001000Mesoproterozoic        14925Long Lake Zinc Mine (Richardson Zinc Mine; Lynx Mine), Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, CanadaLong LakeSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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