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Locality Name:
Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2721
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2695

mindat Locality ID: 185860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adams Mine
Boston Creek Flow Deposit
Boston Creek Gold Mine
Boston Molybdenite Occurrence (Snails)
McCrae Mine (Tipper-McCrea)
Planet Gold Mine

Latitude: 48°1'51"N
Longitude: 79°55'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.030833333333,-79.9325

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Melonite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-tschermakite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Naumannite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Te Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Melonite
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetradymite Titanite Ullmannite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2721	2695	2	33538,33539	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2721	2695	1	33539	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2721	2695	1	33539	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2721	2695	1	33539	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2721	2695	4	33539,33540,33541,33543	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2721	2695	1	33539	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2721	2695	1	33539	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2721	2695	1	33539	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2721	2695	2	33538,33539	8173
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2721	2695	1	33539	27
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	33540	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2721	2695	4	33539,33540,33542,33543	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	33538	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2721	2695	1	33539	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2721	2695	1	33539	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2721	2695	1	33539	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2721	2695	1	33539	116
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2721	2695	1	33539	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2721	2695	1	33539	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2721	2695	2	33538,33539	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2721	2695	1	33539	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	33540,33541,33543	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	33538	945
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)			1	33538	38
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2721	2695	1	33539	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2721	2695	5	33538,33539,33540,33541,33543	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2721	2695	6	33538,33539,33540,33541,33542,33543	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2721	2695	1	33539	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2721	2695	1	33539	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2721	2695	1	33539	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2721	2695	1	33539	75
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	33543	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2721	2695	1	33539	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2721	2695	2	33538,33539	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	33538	939

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002169	2721	2695	2708±13	187Re/188Os	crystallization age		whole rock							122940	Boston Creek Flow Deposit, Boston Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Boston Creek Flow	Walker and Stone (2001)	10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00358-2	CG175_567

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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