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Locality Name:
Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 255409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lac Des Iles Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lac Des Iles Complex
Lac Des Iles Mine

Latitude: 49°10'8"N
Longitude: 89°36'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.168888888889,-89.615833333333
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparIsomertieiteLöllingiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteTalcWurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2233352,333533419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1333538803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1333521036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2133353718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1333529052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61333532060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41333525516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4233352,33353101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13335327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21333525171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2233352,3335327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS133352966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1333524165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3133352802
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6133353944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1333538173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1333531188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS233352,3335324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu233352,3335330554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3233352,333535433
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2233352,3335348
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)233352,33353116
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2133352762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4233352,3335314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2233352,333535674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2233352,33353207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2233352,33353155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS233352,333531066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21333525800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2233352,33353133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213335317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs133352633
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As233352,3335337
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS133352767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8233352,333531512
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6133353303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2233352,3335339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8233352,333539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213335361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21333535614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4233352,33353249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1333525186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3133352531
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te413335224
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2233352,33353337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS233352,3335321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41333531934
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2233352,3335375
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3233352,3335324
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21333533337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21333532562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4233352,33353380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS233352,3335353
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1333531025


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