Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Cowper Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 254979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowper Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beatty And Wilcox Mine
Consolidated Copper Co. Prospect
Wilcox Mine

Latitude: 45°14'49"N
Longitude: 80°4'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.246944444444,-80.081944444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

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: Au Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Cubanite Kaolinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Gold ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1160	1154	2	32766,32767	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1160	1154	1	32767	802
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1160	1154	1	32765	30554
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1160	1154	1	32767	144
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1160	1154	2	32766,32767	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1160	1154	1	32767	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1160	1154	2	32766,32767	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1160	1154	2	32766,32767	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	2	32765,32767	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1160	1154	1	32767	21482

1 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
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb						Yes				562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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