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


mindat Locality ID: 255362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wisner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Broken Hammer Deposit
North Range Shaft
W.D.16 Property
Wisner South Deposit
Wisner West Deposit

Latitude: 46°45'11"N
Longitude: 81°2'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.753055555556,-81.041666666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparLapieiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitaniteUllmannite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Berryite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crerarite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Lisiguangite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malyshevite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1332682793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2233265,332683419
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS13326887
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1332688803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1332659052
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1613326850
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2333265,33268,3326941
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41332655516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21332655171
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS13326842
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2233265,3326827198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe233265,33269281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1332654165
Crerarite  (*)Rocksalt(Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x = 0.4-0-8)1332653
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2133265246
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe13326843
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)233265,332688173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13326524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13326530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3233265,3326814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te233265,33268804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31332685433
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se233265,3326932
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)233265,33268116
Lisiguangite  (*)LapieiteCuPtBiS31332682
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4233265,3326814899
Malyshevite  (*)LapieitePdCuBiS3333265,33268,332697
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2333265,33268,33269252
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2133265207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2333265,33268,33269155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe133265114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS233265,332681066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2333265,33268,33269133
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se233265,33269192
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81332651512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2133265409
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4233265,33268131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2233265,3326839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81332659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2233265,3326861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21332685614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1332655186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi13326844
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te413326524
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2133265337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13326521482
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO213326952
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3133265276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S233265,33269510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1332684899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4133265380
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3133265297



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