Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Aberdeen Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 254799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aberdeen Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rock Lake Mine (Red Rock)

Latitude: 46°26'27"N
Longitude: 83°44'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.440833333333,-83.734444444444

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	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: C 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 None Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	31517	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	31517	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	31517	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31517	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31517	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31517	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31517	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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