Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Eldorado Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2703

mindat Locality ID: 255058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eldorado Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Redstone Mine

Latitude: 48°19'3"N
Longitude: 81°9'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.3175,-81.165

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane	Titanite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2710	2703	1	31768	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2710	2703	1	31768	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2710	2703	1	31768	8173
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2710	2703	1	31768	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2710	2703	1	31768	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2710	2703	1	31768	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2710	2703	1	31768	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2710	2703	1	31768	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2710	2703	1	31768	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_683	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

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
	Michelle_683	2710	2703	2710-2703		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	204151	Redstone Mine, Eldorado Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Redstone	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...