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Locality Name:
Munro Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2715
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2715

mindat Locality ID: 205373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munro Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
American Eagle Mine (Broulan Porcupine)
Buff Munro Mine
Centre Hill Mine (Potter)
Croesus Mine (Dobie-Leyson)
Fred's Flow
Hedman Mine
Munro Mine
Potterdoal Mine
Pyke Hill
White-Guyatt Mine

Latitude: 48°34'21"N
Longitude: 80°13'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.5725,-80.229166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetMeloniteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21317393419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1317398803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS231739,317419052
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6271527151317401633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2131739462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)331739,31743,3174427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227152715631739,31740,31741,31744,31745,3174727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4231744,317463902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4231743,31744951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1317441025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61317444135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21317399895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1317448173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS231739,3174724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu431738,31739,31741,3174730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31317441544
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1317441487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4231743,3174414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213173817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1317442349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227152715631738,31739,31740,31741,31744,3174739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827152715431740,31741,31745,317479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2431738,31739,31741,3174761156
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O2715271513174084
Silver  (*)CopperAg27152715231740,317415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27152715531739,31740,31741,31745,3174721482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4131741337



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0026127152715Archean       S211936Centre Hill Mine (Potter), Munro Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaPotterMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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