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Locality Name:
Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2223
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2206.1

mindat Locality ID: 14970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Babs Lake Occurrence
Barbara Property
Bonsall Mine
Capitol Mine
Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine)
Cobalt Nugget Occurrence (Donaldson Claim)
Lower Bonsall Mine
Millcrest Occurrence
Millerett Mine
Wigwam Mine

Latitude: 47°40'40"N
Longitude: 80°43'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.677777777778,-80.727777777778
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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidote
LöllingiteNickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeVivianiteXanthoconite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Löllingite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2222.92215.91338282793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2222.92215.9233826,3383011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2222.92215.91338281966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42222.92215.9233825,338295516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22232207.3733824,33825,33826,33828,33830,33832,3383327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS222232207.3533825,33826,33828,33829,3383127198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS22232207.3433826,33828,33830,33832966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222.92215.91338329895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)22232207.31338288173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O22232207.3433824,33826,33828,33829814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2222.92215.9233826,3382924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O322232207.3233828,3383114640
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O22232207.313382899
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22222.92215.9133832762
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs22232207.3433826,33827,33828,33830633
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32222.92215.9133828733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222232207.3333826,33828,3382939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82222.92215.91338269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222232207.3433824,33825,33826,3382861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22222.92215.9133832233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs222232207.3733826,33827,33828,33829,33830,33831,33832317
Silver  (*)CopperAg2222.92215.91033824,33825,33826,33827,33828,33829,33830,33831,33832,338335186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs322232207.3533826,33827,33828,33830,33832531
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS32222.92215.913382889


12 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
Emily0005312217.52217.5 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
Emily00053222172217 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
CJES23_1507_000122232215.82219.4 ± 3.6U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_00022219.12215.92217.5 ± 1.6U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_0003222322112217 ± 6U-Pbmineralizationrutile  YesRutile  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_00042222.92207.32215.1 ± 7.8U-Pbmineralizationrutile  YesRutile  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES29_1424_00012221.22213.22217.2 ± 4U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaKerns and Hudson townshipsNoble (1992) CJES29_1424 
CJES29_1424_00022213.12206.12209.6 ± 3.5U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaKerns and Hudson townshipsNoble (1992) CJES29_1424 
Co-000082222.92207.32215.1±7.8U-Pb rutile   RutileCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-00009222322112217±6U-Pb rutile   RutileCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-000102219.12215.92217.5±1.6U-Pb baddeleyite   BaddeleyiteCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-001142222.92215.92219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)U-Pb      Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaNipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, OntarioAndrews et al. (1986)10.1139/e86-144CJES_23_1507error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070754Capitol Mine, Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070754

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