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Locality Name:
Hislop Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 215270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hislop Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Fox Mine (Glimmer)
Canadian Arrow Mine (Golden Arrow Mine)
Kelore Mine (Hislop Gold)
Ross Mine
Timmins Hislop Property (Roger Gold Property)
Vimy Mine

Latitude: 48°29'16"N
Longitude: 80°20'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.487777777778,-80.337222222222

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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
KaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lautite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1317232793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1317238803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1317231588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2231720,317233092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41317235516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2131723361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13172327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1317235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2431720,31721,31723,3172527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21317239895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1317238173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS331721,31723,3172524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu531720,31721,31722,31723,3172530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1317236890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3231722,3172314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41317235591
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS13172332
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21317235674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2231720,3172317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs131723633
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]131723249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3131723733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2531720,31721,31722,31723,3172539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2531720,31721,31722,31723,3172561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2131723233
Silver  (*)CopperAg1317235186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS231721,3172321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31317203418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131317231803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131317235317



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