Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 24862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McKim Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Clarabelle Mine
Copper Cliff Mine
Copper Cliff North Mine
Elsie Mine
Frood Mine
McKim Mine
Murray Mine

Latitude: 46°30'10"N
Longitude: 81°3'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.502777777778,-81.050555555556

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Titanite Ullmannite Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polarite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Sudburyite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	1900	1670	1	33202	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1900	1670	1	33202	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1900	1670	3	33199,33200,33202	489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1850	1850	3	33199,33200,33202	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1900	1670	2	33202,33204	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1900	1670	2	33200,33202	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1900	1670	1	33202	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	1	33202	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1850	1850	1	33202	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1900	1670	1	33201	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	5	33198,33199,33200,33202,33204	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1900	1670	1	33202	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1900	1670	4	33198,33200,33202,33204	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1850	1850	2	33199,33200	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1850	1850	1	33200	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1850	1850	4	33198,33199,33200,33202	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1900	1670	1	33200	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1900	1670	1	33202	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1900	1670	1	33202	9617
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1670	5	33199,33200,33202,33203,33204	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1900	1670	2	33200,33202	30554
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1900	1670	1	33202	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1900	1670	1	33202	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1900	1670	3	33199,33200,33202	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1850	1850	1	33200	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1670	5	33198,33200,33202,33203,33204	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1850	1850	1	33200	154
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1900	1670	1	33202	86
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1900	1670	5	33198,33199,33200,33202,33204	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1900	1670	3	33200,33203,33204	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1900	1670	1	33202	252
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1850	1850	1	33202	161
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1850	1850	1	33200	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1850	1850	2	33199,33202	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1900	1670	1	33200	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1900	1670	1	33202	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1850	1850	3	33200,33202,33204	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	6	33198,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204	1512
Polarite ()*	None	Pd(Bi,Pb)	1850	1850	1	33200	10
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1850	1850	1	33204	131
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1900	1670	1	33202	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1670	7	33198,33199,33200,33201,33202,33203,33204	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1670	6	33198,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1670	4	33201,33202,33203,33204	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1900	1670	1	33202	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1900	1670	1	33202	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1900	1670	5	33199,33200,33202,33203,33204	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1850	1850	1	33202	668
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1850	1850	1	33200	75
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1850	1850	2	33200,33202	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1900	1670	1	33202	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1900	1670	1	33202	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1900	1670	2	33199,33200	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1900	1670	2	33200,33202	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1900	1670	1	33202	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1900	1670	1	33202	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1900	1670	3	33199,33200,33202	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1850	1850	2	33198,33200	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1900	1670	1	33200	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1900	1670	1	33202	5251

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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