Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Mountain Mines, Lybster Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 212912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Mountain Mines, Lybster Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East End Mine
West End Mine

Latitude: 48°14'53"N
Longitude: 89°52'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.248055555556,-89.876944444444

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	33365,33366	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	33365,33366	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	33365,33366	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	33365,33366	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	33365,33366	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	33365,33366	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	33365,33366	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	33365,33366	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	33365,33366	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	33365,33366	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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