Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1851
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 193569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°15'19"N
Longitude: 81°39'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.255277777778,-81.664444444444

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	Clay	Cobaltite	Copiapite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pharmacosiderite
Quartz	Römerite	Starkeyite	Talc	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Talc ()*

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copiapite Marcasite Nickeline None Pharmacosiderite
Quartz Römerite Starkeyite Talc Vivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1851	1849	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1851	1849	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1851	1849	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1851	1849	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1851	1849	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1851	1849	814
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1851	1849	5674
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1851	1849	428
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1851	1849	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1851	1849	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1851	1849	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1851	1849	293
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1851	1849	1153
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1851	1849	3337

2 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
	EG105_1057_018	1850	1850	1850							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Kristen001970	1851	1849	1850±1		age of ore crystallization					Yes				135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury Igneous Complex	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060907	Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060907

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