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

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

mindat Locality ID: 253284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garson Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Garson Mine
Kirkwood Mine (Segway Deposit)
McConnell Mine

Latitude: 46°34'2"N
Longitude: 80°52'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.567222222222,-80.878333333333
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ir Ni O Pb Pd Pt Re Rh S Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCubaniteEpidoteMarcasiteMelonite
MilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TetradymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Paolovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rheniite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31900167013313053
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS190016701331309052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1900167013313027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850233130,3313127198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS19001670133130966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S318501850133130802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190016701331308173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1900167013313024243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19001670133130804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS18501850133130119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319001670233130,331315433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS18501850133130154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419001670233130,3313114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2190016701331305674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As818501850133130161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe218501850133130207
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe18501850133130114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS185018501331301066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18501850133130633
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn1850185013313038
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18501850133130767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S818501850233130,331311512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21900167013313039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S819001670233130,331319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21900167013313061156
Rheniite  (*)NoneReS2190016701331308
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2190016701331305614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs218501850133130337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19001670233130,3313121482
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te41850185013313015
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe19001670133130100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S418501850233130,33131380


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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