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


mindat Locality ID: 212919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McIntyre Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Current River Mines
Emmons Mine
Mitchell Vein
North Shore Vein
Osmun Mine
Shuniah Mine (Duncan)

Latitude: 48°27'46"N
Longitude: 89°17'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.462777777778,-89.293888888889

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 As 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: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1333942793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1333909052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)333390,33393,3339427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2433389,33390,33393,3339427198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2233393,333949617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS433389,33390,33393,3339424243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2233390,3339439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2433389,33390,33393,3339461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1333936417
Silver  (*)CopperAg433390,33391,33392,333945186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13339421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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