Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1851
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 253280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253280.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chicago Mine
High Falls Road Occurrences
Sultana Mine
Totten Mine
Worthington #2 Pit
Worthington Mine

Latitude: 46°24'12"N
Longitude: 81°28'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.403333333333,-81.471111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epsomite	Marcasite
Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epsomite Marcasite
Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Staurolite Tetradymite Titanite Ullmannite Vivianite

41 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	1851	1849	2	33109,33111	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1851	1849	1	33107	1310
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1850	1850	1	33111	445
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1851	1849	1	33111	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1851	1849	1	33109	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	3	33106,33109,33111	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1851	1849	1	33107	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1851	1849	1	33111	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1851	1849	3	33106,33109,33111	966
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	1	33109	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1851	1849	3	33106,33109,33111	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1851	1849	2	33109,33111	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1851	1849	1	33109	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1850	1850	1	33109	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1851	1849	2	33106,33109	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1850	1850	1	33109	154
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1851	1849	2	33109,33111	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1851	1849	2	33106,33111	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	161
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1850	1850	1	33111	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1851	1849	1	33111	5800
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1850	1850	1	33111	84
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1850	1850	1	33111	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1850	1850	1	33109	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	1512
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1851	1849	1	33109	57
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1850	1850	1	33111	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1851	1849	2	33106,33111	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1851	1849	3	33106,33109,33111	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1851	1849	1	33111	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1850	1850	2	33109,33111	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1851	1849	3	33106,33109,33111	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1850	1850	1	33109	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1851	1849	1	33107	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1851	1849	2	33107,33111	4899
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1851	1849	2	33109,33111	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1850	1850	1	33111	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1851	1849	1	33109	64

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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