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Locality Name:
Hoyle Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoyle Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bell Creek Mine (Marlhill Mine)
Hoyle Mine
Hoyle Pond Mine
Owl Creek Mine

Latitude: 48°32'45"N
Longitude: 81°7'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.545833333333,-81.129722222222

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1317768803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS231776,317779052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2231774,3177727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21317769895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13177524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu431774,31775,31776,3177730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC231774,317762812
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213177617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2431774,31775,31776,3177739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8331774,31775,317779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2231776,3177761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13177521482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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