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Locality Name:
Black Thor Chromite Deposit, BMA527861 Area, Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 254290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Thor Chromite Deposit, BMA527861 Area, Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°46'39"N
Longitude: 86°12'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.7775,-86.213888888889
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: Al As Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparIsomertieiteMica
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneSpinelStillwateriteTalcUllmannite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Froodite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Polkanovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Talc  (*)Taramite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Winchite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3031
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2046
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs022
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As037
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Polkanovite  (*)NoneRh12As704
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Taramite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2010
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te4015
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2051
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


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