Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spar And Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spar And Victoria Islands Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Jarvis Island (Westfield Mine)
Keefer Point Occurrence
McKellar Island (South McKellar Island)
Pie Island (Pic Island)
Spar Island (Prince Location)

Latitude: 48°9'51"N
Longitude: 89°12'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.164166666667,-89.21

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	33499,33501,33503	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	33499,33501,33502	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	33499,33501	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	33499	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	33503	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	33501,33503	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	33501	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	33499,33500,33501,33502	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	33499,33501,33502	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	33499	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	33501	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	33499,33501,33502	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	33499,33500,33501,33502,33503	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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