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Locality Name:
McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 212901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anderson Lake Prospect
Barrett Mine (Noyes South Mine; Breezy Mountain Mine)
Blue Point Amethyst Mine
Detroit-Algoma Mine
Diamond Willow Mine
Dzuba Ancliff Occurrence
Enterprise Mine
Gagnon Falls Occurrence (Noyes North Occurrence)
Marino Mountain Mine
Mineral Lot A
Ontario Gem Mine
Silver Lake Occurrence
Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine (Amethyst Mine Panorama)

Latitude: 48°41'2"N
Longitude: 88°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.683888888889,-88.733333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1334072734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)833398,33399,33400,33402,33403,33406,33407,3340811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)533399,33402,33406,33407,3340927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2633398,33399,33402,33403,33406,3340827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1334073846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21334079617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS633399,33402,33403,33406,33407,3340824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)233407,334097437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3533398,33399,33400,33406,3340714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2233398,3340712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21334095674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21333965800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2433399,33403,33408,3340939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21133397,33398,33399,33400,33402,33403,33404,33406,33407,33408,3340961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1334075186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS433399,33403,33407,3340821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31334083418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1334072045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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