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Locality Name:
Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 22821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Alberts Lake Deposit
Amisk Lake
Amulet Deposit
Baker Patton Deposit
Bear Lake
Big Island Lake Deposit
Cabin Zone Deposit
Callinan Mine
Centennial Mine
Clay Pits
Copper Reef Deposit
Cuprous Mine
Don Jon Mine
Flin Flon Mine (South Main Mine)
Gold Hill
Gurney Mine
Honeysuckle Deposit
Lucile Lake Deposit
Mandy Mine
Namew Lake Mine
North Star Mine
Phantom Lake
Pine Bay Deposit
Schist Lake
Sourdough Bay Deposit
Tartan Lake Mine
Trout Lake Mine
Westarm Mine

Latitude: 54°35'46"N
Longitude: 101°45'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.596111111111,-101.75277777778

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	Allargentum	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Ce F O P Si U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Borovskite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*
Costibite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pilsenite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Smythite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Talc ()*	Temagamite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*
Zircon ()*

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	2500	541	2	30328,30352	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2015	1800	3	30319,30328,30348	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2015	1800	6	30309,30328,30330,30344,30348,30351	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1800	1800	1	30328	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2015	1800	4	30309,30314,30338,30344	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	12	30307,30308,30311,30314,30315,30323,30326,30328,30337,30341,30348,30352	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	30348	5509
Borovskite ()*	None	Pd₃SbTe₄	2015	1800	1	30319	7
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2500	541	1	30352	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2500	541	1	30352	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1800	1800	1	30327	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2015	1800	2	30328,30344	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	2500	541	0		94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	24	30307,30311,30314,30319,30323,30326,30327,30328,30329,30330,30333,30334,30337,30338,30339,30340,30341,30343,30345,30347,30348,30349,30351,30352	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2015	1800	1	30319	577
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2500	541	1	30352	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2015	1800	1	30319	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1925	1886	1	30319	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2015	1800	1	30319	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1800	1800	1	30328	3846
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	2500	541	1	30352	19
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2500	541	2	30328,30352	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1853	1841	1	30334	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2015	1800	4	30326,30327,30328,30334	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2500	541	1	30352	180
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1800	1800	2	30328,30348	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2015	1800	6	30327,30328,30330,30344,30345,30348	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2500	541	0		2740
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2500	541	1	30352	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	2500	541	1	30352	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	9	30311,30319,30326,30328,30330,30340,30348,30349,30352	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2015	1800	4	30317,30327,30334,30335	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	14	30311,30314,30319,30328,30329,30330,30338,30340,30341,30342,30344,30348,30351,30352	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2015	1800	3	30326,30347,30349	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1853	1841	1	30334	62
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2500	541	1	30352	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1925	1800	2	30324,30328	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2015	1800	3	30334,30337,30344	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2500	541	1	30352	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1853	1800	2	30328,30334	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	5	30319,30323,30328,30334,30352	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	30348	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	541	4	30319,30328,30334,30352	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1800	1800	1	30347	915
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2015	1800	1	30319	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2015	1800	1	30309	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1925	1841	2	30319,30334	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1925	1886	2	30330,30343	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2500	541	0		945
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	2500	541	1	30352	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2015	1800	13	30308,30311,30319,30323,30327,30328,30330,30338,30339,30340,30348,30349,30351	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2500	541	1	30352	192
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1925	1886	1	30319	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1925	1841	2	30319,30334	1512
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	2500	541	1	30352	57
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1800	1800	1	30327	309
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2500	541	1	30352	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	30	30307,30308,30309,30311,30314,30315,30317,30319,30323,30326,30327,30328,30329,30330,30333,30334,30335,30337,30338,30339,30340,30341,30342,30343,30344,30345,30348,30349,30351,30352	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	10	30319,30326,30328,30330,30334,30338,30345,30347,30349,30352	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2015	1800	23	30307,30308,30309,30311,30314,30315,30319,30327,30328,30329,30330,30334,30337,30338,30339,30340,30341,30342,30343,30344,30345,30348,30351	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	2500	541	1	30352	64
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2015	1800	1	30343	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2015	1800	1	30319	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1853	1841	1	30334	77
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2015	1800	1	30319	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	13	30319,30323,30326,30328,30330,30333,30340,30341,30345,30347,30348,30349,30352	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1853	1841	1	30334	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2015	1800	2	30328,30344	456
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	2015	1800	1	30319	46
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1800	1800	1	30328	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1853	1800	3	30328,30334,30345	3337
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	2015	1800	1	30319	24
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1800	1800	2	30323,30328	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1800	1800	1	30328	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1800	1800	2	30323,30328	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1800	1800	1	30328	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2015	1800	2	30319,30334	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	541	0		2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1925	1841	2	30319,30334	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	2500	541	1	30352	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1930	1819	0		5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
Michelle_681	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

26 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	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
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	1925	1886	1886-1925		age of Amisk Group	high			S	22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	composite age from multiple references listed in Syme and Bailes (1993) for the Amisk Group which is host to the VMS deposits
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	1889	1886	1886-1889		Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group					22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	1860	1830	1860-1830							22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt
vms-00097	1800	1800	Lower Proterozoic						S	243357	Big Island Lake Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Big Island Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00100	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195445	Callinan Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Callinan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00101	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195447	Centennial Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Centennial	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
CJES28_1328_0001	1872	1856	1864 ± 8	Pb-Pb	host rock		whole rock			243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
CJES28_1328_0002	1865	1859	1862 ± 3	U-Pb	host rock		zircon	Zircon		243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
CJES28_1328_0003	1829	1819	1824 ± 5	U-Pb	host rock		zircon	Zircon		243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
CJES28_1328_0004	1853	1841	1847 ± 6	U-Pb	host rock		zircon	Zircon		243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
CJES28_1328_0005	1961	1935	1948 ± 13	Pb-Pb	host rock		whole rock			243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
CJES28_1328_0006	2015	1977	1996 ± 19	Pb-Pb	host rock		whole rock			243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake deposit	Cumming (1991)		CJES28_1328
vms-00142	2500	541	Proterozoic							243360	Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Sun	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00106	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195452	Don Jon Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Don Jon	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00110	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	11182	Flin Flon Mine (South Main Mine), Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00124	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195451	Mandy Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Mandy	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Michelle_681	1853	1841	1847±6		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	195419	Namew Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Namew Lake	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
vms-00127	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195450	North Star Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	North Star	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00130	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	243349	Pine Bay Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Pine Bay	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00104	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195347	Cuprus Mine, Schist Lake, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Cuprus	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00136	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	21605	Schist Lake Mine, Schist Lake, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Schist Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00145	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195346	White Lake Mine, Schist Lake, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	White Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00139	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	243345	Sourdough Bay Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Sourdough Bay	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
CJES36_135_0001	1930	1830	1880 ± 50	U-Pb	host rock		zircon	Zircon		195442	Trout Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon belt	Lucas (1999)		CJES36_135
vms-00108	2500	541	Proterozoic							195442	Trout Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Embury Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00144	1800	1800	Proterozoic						S	195448	Westarm Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Westarm	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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