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:
Ashmore Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 254914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashmore Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hard Rock Mine
Macleod-Cockshutt (Macleod-Mosher) Mine

Latitude: 49°40'25"N
Longitude: 86°55'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.673611111111,-86.918055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	33274,33275	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	33274,33275	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	33274	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	33274,33275	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	33274,33275	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	33274	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	33274,33275	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	33274,33275	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	33274,33275	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	33274,33275	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	33274,33275	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	33274,33275	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	33274,33275	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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