Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Darkwater Mine, Valora Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 206377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darkwater Mine, Valora Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°50'42"N
Longitude: 91°5'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.845,-91.085

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2500	2500	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	2500	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	2500	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	2500	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	2500	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	2500	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	2500	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	2500	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	2500	21482

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-00441	2500	2500	Archean									Ankerite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206377	Darkwater Mine, Valora Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Beidelman Bay	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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