Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Breccia Zone, Tribag Mine, Nicolet Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1055
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1055

mindat Locality ID: 195535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Breccia Zone, Tribag Mine, Nicolet Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°4'50"N
Longitude: 84°30'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.080555555556,-84.510277777778

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1055	1055	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1055	1055	3092
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1055	1055	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1055	1055	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1055	1055	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1055	1055	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1055	1055	24243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1055	1055	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1055	1055	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1055	1055	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1055	1055	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1055	1055	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1055	1055	4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1055	1055	5317

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-00070	1055	1055	1055							Yes		Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite	Cu	25411	Tribag Mine, Nicolet Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Tribag	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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