Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1886.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1695

mindat Locality ID: 191407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°4'18"N
Longitude: 93°49'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.071666666667,-93.831666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite

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 As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Te W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Melonite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1886.9	1695	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1886.9	1695	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1886.9	1695	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1886.9	1695	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1886.9	1695	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1886.9	1695	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1886.9	1695	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1886.9	1695	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1886.9	1695	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1886.9	1695	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1886.9	1695	337

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000528	Kapuskasing Structural Zone carbonatite complex
Jen_0001051	MAGMATIC STYLE: Aeromagnetic survey indicates probably an intrusion of about 1x0.3 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Hornblendite and fenite.
Jen_0001052	MAGMATIC STYLE: Aeromagnetic survey indicates probably an intrusion of about 1x0.3 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Hornblendite and fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000528	1886.9	1885.1	1886±0.9	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	191407	Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Goldray	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001051	1695	1695	1695	K-Ar	biotite		191407	Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Goldray	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001052	1886	1882	1884±2	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	191407	Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Goldray	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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