Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 255380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rathbun Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crystal Gold Mine (Crystal-Comstock)
Dolmac Mine (Rathbun Lake Mine)

Latitude: 46°45'31"N
Longitude: 80°38'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.758611111111,-80.638888888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Ullmannite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Temagamite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Ullmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	33229,33230	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	33230	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	33230	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	33229	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	33230	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	33229,33230	30554
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	33230	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	33230	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	33230	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	33230	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	33230	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	33230	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	33230	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	33229,33230	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	33230	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	33229,33230	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	33230	337
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	1	33230	24
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	33230	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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