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Locality Name:
Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2475

mindat Locality ID: 24341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Deloro Township
Tisdale Township
Whitney Township

Latitude: 48°28'14"N
Longitude: 81°13'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.470555555556,-81.220833333333

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	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stichtite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 B Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Hydrotalcite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

44 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2475	2475	2	31808,31810	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2632	2475	3	31808,31809,31810	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2632	2602	2	31808,31809	489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2475	2475	2	31798,31810	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2632	2475	3	31808,31809,31810	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31796	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	4	31799,31808,31809,31817	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	31808	260
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2475	2475	1	31810	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2632	2475	3	31808,31809,31810	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2475	2475	1	31810	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2475	2475	6	31801,31806,31808,31810,31815,31817	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2632	2602	1	31809	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31795	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2632	2602	2	31804,31809	1025
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2632	2602	1	31809	169
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	31796	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	31808	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2632	2475	4	31800,31808,31809,31810	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2475	2475	5	31801,31808,31810,31815,31817	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2475	19	31797,31799,31800,31801,31803,31806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31812,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817,31818,31819	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2475	2475	2	31798,31810	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2632	2602	1	31809	804
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31796	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	31798	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	31798	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	4000	2500	1	31799	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2475	2475	2	31806,31810	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2632	2475	4	31807,31808,31809,31810	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2475	2475	1	31810	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2632	2602	2	31808,31809	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2475	18	31797,31799,31800,31801,31803,31806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31812,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817,31818	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			7	31808,31811,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2632	2475	9	31801,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31815,31817,31819	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2632	2602	3	31808,31809,31811	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2475	2475	4	31803,31806,31808,31810	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2475	2475	6	31808,31810,31813,31814,31816,31817	21482
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	31798	43
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			2	31808,31817	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	31798,31802	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			2	31808,31819	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2475	2475	1	31810	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2632	2602	1	31809	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2475	2475	1	31810	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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
Jen_0001444	4000	2500	Archean	age of mineralization					255064	Delnite Mine, Deloro Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Delnite	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
Jen_0001449	2632	2602	2617 ± 15	age of associated magmatism	scheelite	Scheelite			565	Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Hollinger	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
PorphCu-00050	2475	2475	2475				Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	15963	McIntyre Mine (Pamour Mine), Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	McIntyre	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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