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Locality Name:
McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2639
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1048

mindat Locality ID: 254862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Darwin Gold Mine (Grace Mine)
Firesand Creek Carbonatite Complex
George W. MacLeod Mine
Grace Mine (Grace Vein Extension)
Jubilee Mine
Mackey Point Mine
Minto Mine
Parkhill Mine (Mariposa)
Stanley Mine (Smith Mine)
Surluga Mine (Cora Mine)
Vansickle Mine (Smith)
Wawa Gold Fields Mine

Latitude: 47°58'54"N
Longitude: 84°44'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.981666666667,-84.735833333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

40 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	1	31578	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	1	31578	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	31584	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1144.2	1048	1	31578	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	31577	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1144.2	1048	1	31578	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1144.2	1048	2	31578,31579	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1144.2	1048	1	31578	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2639	1048	9	31577,31578,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1144.2	1048	1	31578	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1144.2	1048	2	31578,31579	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2639	2635	3	31579,31582,31588	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	31579	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2639	2635	9	31577,31580,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31579	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1144.2	1048	2	31578,31579	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1144.2	1048	1	31578	5433
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1144.2	1048	1	31578	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1144.2	1048	1	31578	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2639	1048	9	31577,31578,31579,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31588	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2639	1048	10	31577,31578,31579,31582,31583,31584,31585,31586,31587,31588	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1144.2	1048	5	31578,31580,31583,31586,31587	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	148
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	31577,31583,31584	375
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1144.2	1048	1	31578	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	31579	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2639	2635	3	31582,31585,31588	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1144.2	1048	1	31578	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1144.2	1048	1	31578	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000514	carbonatite complex
Jen_0001014	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central ferruginous dolomite carbonatite plug surrounded by ring of sövite; carbonatite and silicocarbonatite dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Mixed carbonate-silicate rocks, ijolite, lamprophyre dykes and fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000514	1144.2	1141	1142.6±1.6		kimzeyite		Kimzeyite	234322	Firesand Creek Carbonatite Complex, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Firesand River	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001014	1048	1048	1048	K-Ar				234322	Firesand Creek Carbonatite Complex, McMurray Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Firesand River	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Bradley_2012_126	2639	2635	2637±2	U/Pb	zircon	Yes	Zircon	45859	Wawa Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	[Wawa Gneiss]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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