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Locality Name:
MacMurchy Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1851
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 255123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "MacMurchy Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brunet Occurrence (Copper Hill)
Ronda Mine (Ribble; Triton; Wasapika)
Saville-McVittie Mine (Atlas Gold)
West Tree Mine (Caswell)

Latitude: 47°36'6"N
Longitude: 81°11'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.601666666667,-81.190277777778
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 Co Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3185118491331911534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4185018501331915516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1851184913319127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850333191,33192,3319427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18511849233191,331928173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O18511849133193814
Gold  (*)CopperAu18511849333192,33193,3319430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31851184913319114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3185118491331915433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41851184913319114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21850185013319112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2185118491331945800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21851184913319117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218511849433191,33192,33193,3319439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218511849433191,33192,33193,3319461156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs318511849133193531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1851184913319221482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O185118491331914899


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_018185018501850     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization   Yes  135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 

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