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Locality Name:
Totten Mine, Drury Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 239255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Totten Mine, Drury Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°22'52"N
Longitude: 81°27'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.381111111111,-81.453055555556
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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetradymiteUllmannite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe185118490489
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S818501850067
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1851184901966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS185118490966
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi218501850062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18511849024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18511849030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te185118490804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS185018500119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31851184905433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS185018500154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418511849014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8185018500161
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe185018500114
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs185018500633
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S218501850055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81850185001512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te318511849057
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81851184909056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2185018500337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18511849021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4185018500668
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe185118490100
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe218511849064


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 

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