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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2633
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2633

mindat Locality ID: 191433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bannockburn Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ashley Mine
Bannockburn Porphyry Occurrence (Matachewan Porphyry)
Rahn Lake Mine
Stancorp Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 47°59'19"N
Longitude: 80°51'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.988611111111,-80.862777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetradymite

Altaite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Krennerite ()*
Kuranakhite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Volynskite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Tetradymite

28 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	33531	489
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	33533	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2633	2633	1	33534	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2633	2633	1	33534	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	33531	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	33533	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2633	2633	2	33531,33534	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	33533	951
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	33531,33532	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2633	2633	1	33534	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2633	2633	2	33531,33534	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	33531	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2633	2633	2	33531,33534	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	33531	804
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			1	33531	111
Kuranakhite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺Te⁶⁺O₆			1	33531	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	33531,33533	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2633	2633	1	33534	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2633	2633	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2633	2633	3	33531,33533,33534	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	33531,33533	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	33531	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂			1	33531	52
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	33531	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2633	2633	2	33531,33534	21482
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂			1	33531	52
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	33531	276
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	33531	64

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
	PorphCu-00443	2633	2633	2633									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206379	Stancorp Cu-Au Deposit, Bannockburn Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Stancop	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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