Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pays Plat Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2723
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2723

mindat Locality ID: 254917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pays Plat Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gesic Zinc Mine
Nicopor Mine
Winston Lake Deposit
Zenith Mine

Latitude: 48°56'58"N
Longitude: 87°21'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.949444444444,-87.351666666667

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	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smythite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Violarite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Zircon

22 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2723	2723	1	33456	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2723	2723	1	33456	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2723	2723	3	33455,33456,33457	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2723	2723	1	33457	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2723	2723	1	33456	1008
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2723	2723	1	33456	445
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2723	2723	2	33455,33456	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2723	2723	1	33456	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	33455	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2723	2723	3	33455,33456,33457	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2723	2723	3	33455,33456,33457	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2723	2723	2	33455,33456	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2723	2723	1	33456	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2723	2723	1	33456	1516
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)			1	33455	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2723	2723	3	33454,33456,33457	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2723	2723	1	33456	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2723	2723	1	33456	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2723	2723	1	33456	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	33455	380
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2723	2723	1	33456	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2723	2723	1	33456	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00271	2723	2723	Late Archean										S	209445	Winston Lake Deposit, Pays Plat Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada	Winston Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00272	2723	2723	Late Archean										S	243676	Zenith Mine, Pays Plat Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada	Zenith	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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