Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Musselwhite Mine, Skinner Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 157104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Musselwhite Mine, Skinner Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°36'46"N
Longitude: 90°21'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.612777777778,-90.363611111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tapiolite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Te Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Talc Tapiolite Titanite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	88
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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