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Locality Name:
Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2720
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 191400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Balmertown Area
Gold Eagle Deposit
Red Lake Area

Latitude: 51°2'11"N
Longitude: 93°47'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.036388888889,-93.785555555556
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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Ni O S Sb Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTalcTetrahedriteUllmannite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Willyamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2272027001323903419
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)27202700069
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5272027001323901310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22720270003092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS272027001323909052
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb272027000175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2720270013239027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22720270013239027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4272027001323903902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS272027000966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272027001323908173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)227202700132390271
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2720270013239024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2720270013239030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS272027000170
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32720270005433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1427202700132390784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42720270013239014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22720270005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22720270013239017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS27202700132390767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8272027001323901512
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32720270001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22720270013239039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8272027001323909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22720270013239061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)272027001323904894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2720270013239021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4272027000668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2272027001323903337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132720270005317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2272027001323902562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS27202700132390293
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS2720270013239025


1 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
Emily00054327202700  mineralization     Au264935Gold Eagle Deposit, Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaRed Lake greenstone belt, northwestern OntarioCorfu et al. (1987)10.1139/e87-126CjES24_1302 

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