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Locality Name:
Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1670

mindat Locality ID: 210332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Cliff North Mine, McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°29'34"N
Longitude: 81°4'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.492777777778,-81.068888888889
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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteMarcasite
MeloniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite
UllmanniteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polarite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe190016700489
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S818501850067
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1900167001966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS190016700966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1850185003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1850185004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3185018500802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1900167008173
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi218501850062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19001670024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19001670030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te190016700804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS185018500119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31900167005433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS185018500154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419001670014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21900167005674
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2185018500155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe185018500114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21900167005800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs185018500633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS185018500767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S218501850055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81850185001512
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)18501850010
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219001670039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81900167009056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2185018500337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19001670021482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb218501850075
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb18501850046
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3190016700276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S190016700510
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe190016700100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4185018500380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe219001670064


8 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
EPSL105_416-00019189016701780±110Re-Os  PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79 Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridgeWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001968189016701780±110Re-Os    Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridge MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00020190017801840±60Re-Os  F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578 Yes  14297Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevak WestWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EG105_1057_018185018501850     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001967190017801840±60Re-Os    Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevack West MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization   Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00021183017101770±60Re-Os  PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139 Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathconaWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001969183017101770±60Re-Os    Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathcona MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 

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