Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Scadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 213142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scadding Gold Mine, Scadding Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°37'42"N
Longitude: 80°39'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.628333333333,-80.651666666667

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.

Allanite	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Millerite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Stilpnomelane

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As Au Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite Millerite Monazite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Stilpnomelane

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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