Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
James Township, Elk Lake Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2222.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2215.9

mindat Locality ID: 213307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "James Township, Elk Lake Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bermead Mine (Downey)
Ethel Copper Mine
Moose Horn Mine
Mother-Lode Mine

Latitude: 47°44'19"N
Longitude: 80°19'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.738611111111,-80.331388888889

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Löllingite
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Skutterudite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Löllingite
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Skutterudite Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2222.9	2215.9	1	33798	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	2	33795,33797	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33795	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33797,33798	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2222.9	2215.9	2	33795,33796	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2222.9	2215.9	4	33795,33796,33797,33798	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33796,33798	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33797,33798	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33797	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	2	33795,33797	814
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33796,33798	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33795	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	2222.9	2215.9	1	33797	161
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33797,33798	633
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33797	52
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33797	39462
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	1	33795	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33797,33798	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2222.9	2215.9	3	33795,33797,33798	531

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Emily000531	2217.5	2217.5		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile		58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
Emily000532	2217	2217		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile		58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
Co-00114	2222.9	2215.9	2219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)	U-Pb			Yes		Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Nipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario	Andrews et al. (1986)	10.1139/e86-144	CJES_23_1507	error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060906	Moose Horn Mine, James Township, Elk Lake Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060906

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