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

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

mindat Locality ID: 255379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Norman Property
Podolsky Mine (Norman North)
Whistle Mine

Latitude: 46°46'34"N
Longitude: 80°52'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.776111111111,-80.874166666667
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 As Au Bi Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetradymite
Ullmannitehauchecornite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hauchecornite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S185118491332162793
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe218511849233216,3321741
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418501850233216,332175516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2185118491332165171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850233216,3321827198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe18511849233216,33217281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS18511849133216966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS185018501332164165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18511849233216,3321824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18511849333216,33217,3321830554
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS81850185013321627
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te18511849133216804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O318511849233216,332185433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418511849233216,3321814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS218511849233216,332185674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS218511849233216,33217252
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe218501850333216,33217,33218155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe18501850233216,33218114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS18501850233216,332181066
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se18511849233216,33217192
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18501850133216767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S818501850233216,332181512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S418501850133216131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218511849233216,3321839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818511849233216,332189056
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe18511849133218143
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S418501850233216,33217249
Silver  (*)CopperAg18511849233216,332175186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs218501850233216,33218337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18511849333216,33217,3321821482
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO21851184913321652
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S18511849133216510
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe18511849233216,33218100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S418501850233216,33218380


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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