Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 255375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leeson Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Renabie Mine

Latitude: 48°22'27"N
Longitude: 83°52'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.374166666667,-83.873055555556

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	Copper	Feldspar	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetradymite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetradymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33149	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	33149	489
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	33149	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	33149	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	33149	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	33149	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	33149	804
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	33149	5800
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	33149	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	33149	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	33149	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	33149	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	33149	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	33149	276

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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