Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 253274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blezard Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Blezard Mine
Lindsley Mine
Little Stobie Mine
Mount Nickel Mine
Sheppard Mine (Shepherd Mine; Beatrice Mine)
Stobie Mine

Latitude: 46°32'41"N
Longitude: 80°58'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.544722222222,-80.981944444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Marcasite	Melonite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Insizwaite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Parkerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*

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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Marcasite Melonite Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Ullmannite Wurtzite

35 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1900	1670	1	33059	489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1850	1850	3	33058,33059,33060	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1900	1670	2	33060,33063	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1900	1670	1	33059	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	1	33059	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1900	1670	1	33059	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	5	33058,33059,33060,33061,33063	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1900	1670	4	33058,33060,33061,33063	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1850	1850	1	33063	802
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	1	33059	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1670	4	33059,33060,33062,33063	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1900	1670	1	33059	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1670	4	33058,33059,33061,33063	5433
Insizwaite ()*	Pyrite	PtBi₂	1850	1850	1	33059	15
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1850	1850	2	33058,33060	154
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1850	1850	1	33059	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1850	1850	1	33059	116
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1850	1850	1	33059	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1900	1670	4	33058,33059,33060,33063	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1900	1670	3	33059,33060,33061	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1850	1850	1	33059	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1850	1850	2	33059,33060	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1850	1850	3	33059,33060,33062	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1850	1850	1	33059	133
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1850	1850	1	33059	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	5	33058,33059,33060,33061,33063	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1670	6	33058,33059,33060,33061,33062,33063	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1670	5	33058,33059,33060,33061,33063	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1670	2	33059,33060	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1900	1670	1	33059	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1850	1850	2	33059,33063	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1900	1670	5	33058,33059,33060,33061,33063	21482
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1900	1670	1	33060	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1850	1850	2	33059,33061	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1900	1670	1	33060	64

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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