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Locality Name:
Powell Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 229547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Powell Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ethel Copper Occurrence
Matachewan Consolidated Mines
Northgate Young-Davidson Mine (Aurico)
Ryan Lake Deposit (Pax International Mine)
Young-Davidson Mine

Latitude: 47°57'18"N
Longitude: 80°41'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.955,-80.688888888889

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalc

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)2233954,339563419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe133956489
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21339555509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)433953,33954,33955,3395611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41339555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)233954,3395527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2433952,33953,33955,3395627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1339554165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21339549895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1339568173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21339549617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS233952,3395424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1339527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu333953,33954,3395630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1339556890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3433953,33954,33955,3395614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3233954,339565433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4333953,33954,3395614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2233952,3395512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21339555800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2233954,3395617380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2133956409
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)133955494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2533952,33953,33954,33955,3395639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2533952,33953,33954,33955,3395661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21339565614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)333953,33954,339564894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS233952,3395421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21339553337



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