Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Echo Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 244558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Echo Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Goldlund Mine
Pidgeon Molybdenite Prospect

Latitude: 49°55'26"N
Longitude: 92°21'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.923888888889,-92.355

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	32318	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	32318	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	32318	3092
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	32319	1935
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	32318	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32318	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	32318,32319	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	32319	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	32318	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	32318	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	32318	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	32318,32319	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	32319	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	32318	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	32318,32319	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	32318	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	32318	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	32318	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	32318	21482
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	32318	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	32318	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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