Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Epidote Zone, Fraser Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1670

mindat Locality ID: 244436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Epidote Zone, Fraser Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Tetradymite

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 Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt Tetradymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Melonite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Tsumoite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1670	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1900	1670	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1670	5433
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1850	1850	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1850	1850	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1850	1850	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1670	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1670	9056
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1900	1670	100

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EPSL105_416-00019	1890	1670	1780±110	Re-Os		PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79	Yes		11127	Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Falconbridge	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001968	1890	1670	1780±110	Re-Os			Yes		11127	Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Falconbridge Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EPSL105_416-00020	1900	1780	1840±60	Re-Os		F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578	Yes		14297	Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Levak West	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EG105_1057_018	1850	1850	1850				Yes	Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Kristen001967	1900	1780	1840±60	Re-Os			Yes		135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Levack West Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001970	1851	1849	1850±1		age of ore crystallization		Yes		135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury Igneous Complex	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EPSL105_416-00021	1830	1710	1770±60	Re-Os		PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139	Yes		8082	Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Strathcona	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001969	1830	1710	1770±60	Re-Os			Yes		8082	Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Strathcona Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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