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Locality Name:
Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 254913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bankfield Mine
Little Long Lac Mine
Magnet Consolidated Mine

Latitude: 49°41'49"N
Longitude: 87°1'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.696944444444,-87.030555555556
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: As Au Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteBournoniteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40002500333316,33317,333189052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S440002500133317343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3400025001333171089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240002500333316,33317,3331827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40002500333316,33317,3331824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40002500333316,33317,3331830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34000250013331714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O340002500233316,333175433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44000250013331714899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240002500333316,33317,3331839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8233316,333189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24000250013331761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)40002500233316,333174894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40002500333316,33317,3331821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3400025001333173418


1 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
Jen_000144840002500Archean age of mineralization      14867Little Long Lac Mine, Errington Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, CanadaLittle Long LacPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

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