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:
Scadding Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255359.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alkin Mine
McLean-Watt Mine
Scadding Gold Mine
Wanapitei Group

Latitude: 46°39'20"N
Longitude: 80°38'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.655555555556,-80.639444444444
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GadoliniteMilleriteMonaziteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRutileSpinel
Stilpnomelane

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)233242,332438803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)133242706
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21332423092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1332429052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F133242304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41332425516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13324227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1332425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213324227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21332429895
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2133242163
Gold  (*)CopperAu233242,3324330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313324214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31332425433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413324214899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1332421066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)133242945
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81332421512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213324239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81332429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2233242,3324361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21332425614
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O133242456
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F133242232
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4133242380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...