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Locality Name:
Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1851
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 228151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola)
Fostung Deposit (Fostung Property; St. Leonard Lake Occurrence)

Latitude: 46°14'35"N
Longitude: 81°39'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.243055555556,-81.653055555556
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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopiapiteCopperFluoriteMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePharmacosideriteQuartzRömeriteScheeliteSphaleriteStarkeyiteTalc
VesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)218511849233123,331243419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS185118491331249052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1851184913312327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850233123,3312427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS18511849133123966
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O18511849133123382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2185118491331239895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O18511849133123814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2185118491331249617
Gold  (*)CopperAu1851184913312430554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2185118491331235674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2185118491331245800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O18511849133123428
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818511849233123,331249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21851184913312361156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O18511849133123115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O18511849133123293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)185118491331244894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O185118491331231153
Silver  (*)CopperAg185118491331245186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1851184913312421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2185118491331233337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2185118491331242562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10185118491331241395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3185118491331241247


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_018185018501850     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization   Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060907Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060907

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