Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Massey Mine, Salter Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 254747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Massey Mine, Salter Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
No.4 Shaft
Sable River Copper Company

Latitude: 46°14'14"N
Longitude: 82°7'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.237222222222,-82.124444444444

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	33237,33238	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	33237,33238	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	33237,33238	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	33237,33238	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	33237,33238	4165
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	33237,33238	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	33237,33238	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	33237,33238	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	33237,33238	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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