Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 204857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
French River Occurrence

Latitude: 46°1'15"N
Longitude: 80°39'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.020833333333,-80.659722222222

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	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyroxene
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Augite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Corundum ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Molybdenite None Pyroxene
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	33056	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33056	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	33056	356
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	33056	2060
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	33056	232
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	33056	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	33056	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	33056	209
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	33056	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33056	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	33056	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	33056	884
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	33056	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	33056	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	33056	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100110	French River Occurrence, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100110

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