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Locality Name:
East 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: 195537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195537.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 47°5'20"N
Longitude: 84°29'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.088888888889,-84.495555555556

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.

Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Voltaite

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Gypsum Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Voltaite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1055	1055	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1055	1055	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1055	1055	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1055	1055	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1055	1055	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1055	1055	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1055	1055	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1055	1055	4165
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	1055	1055	81
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1055	1055	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1055	1055	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1055	1055	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1055	1055	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1055	1055	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1055	1055	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1055	1055	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1055	1055	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1055	1055	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1055	1055	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1055	1055	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1055	1055	3418
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1055	1055	111

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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