Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Armour Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 222557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Armour Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Burk's Falls Highway Roadcuts
Chetwynd Area
Concession 8
Katrine North Service Road Roadcut
Katrine Road Roadcut
Katrine South Service Road Roadcut
Nickel Cliff Mine
Pevensy Road Interchange Roadcut

Latitude: 45°37'35"N
Longitude: 79°20'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.626388888889,-79.335555555556

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

Almandine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Titanite

16 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1160	1154	1	32743	2353
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1160	1154	2	32742,32743	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1160	1154	1	32741	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1160	1154	1	32739	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1160	1154	1	32735	14640
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	1154	1	32734	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1160	1154	1	32736	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1160	1154	1	32740	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1160	1154	1	32735	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1160	1154	1	32742	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1160	1154	1	32735	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	1154	5	32735,32740,32741,32742,32743	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1160	1154	1	32742	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	7	32735,32736,32738,32739,32740,32741,32743	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1160	1154	1	32734	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb						Yes				562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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