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Locality Name:
Reeves Mine, Reeves Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reeves Mine, Reeves Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°12'25"N
Longitude: 82°4'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.206944444444,-82.082777777778
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayHydrotalciteNickelineNonePyrite
SerpentineSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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