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Locality Name:
Creighton-Davies Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 253273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Creighton-Davies Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Creighton Mine
Gertrude Mine

Latitude: 46°30'0"N
Longitude: 80°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5,-80.966666666667
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 Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir K Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteTetradymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Insizwaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stützite  (*)Tin  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe19001670133079489
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S81850185013307967
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS190016701330799052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4185018501330795516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2190016701330795171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21850185013307927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS19001670133079966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S318501850133079802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190016701330798173
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21850185013307962
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19001670233079,3308024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1900167013307930554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S218501850133079205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19001670133079804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS18501850133079119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3190016701330795433
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi21850185013307915
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS18501850133079154
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)18501850133079116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41900167013307914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2190016701330795674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe1850185013307923
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe218501850133079207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe218501850133079155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.51850185013307944
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe18501850133079114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS185018501330791066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)218501850133079133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21900167013307917380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18501850133079633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18501850133079767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S21850185013307955
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8185018501330791512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219001670233079,3308039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8190016701330799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21900167013307961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2190016701330795614
Silver  (*)CopperAg190016701330795186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs218501850133079337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1900167013307921482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)1900167013307992
Tin  (*)NoneSn1900167013307963
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe19001670133079100


8 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
EPSL105_416-00019189016701780±110Re-Os  PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79 Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridgeWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001968189016701780±110Re-Os    Yes  11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridge MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00020190017801840±60Re-Os  F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578 Yes  14297Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevak WestWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
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 
Kristen001967190017801840±60Re-Os    Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevack West MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
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 
EPSL105_416-00021183017101770±60Re-Os  PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139 Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathconaWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001969183017101770±60Re-Os    Yes  8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathcona MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 

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