Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ameranium Prospect (Geordie Lake; Macrae)
Anaconda Occurrence (Stillwater Marathon Project)
Area 41 Deposit

Latitude: 48°48'38"N
Longitude: 86°23'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.810555555556,-86.3975

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.

Amphibole	Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Feldspar	Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

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 Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Feldspar Iron Isomertieite Melonite Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stillwaterite Ullmannite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atokite ()*
Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laflammeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Menshikovite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Naldrettite ()*
Palladinite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Plumbopalladinite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Skaergaardite ()*
Sobolevskite ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stillwaterite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Telargpalite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Vincentite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	33488	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33488	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	33488	489
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	3	33488,33489,33490	31
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	2	33489,33490	29
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	33488	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	33488,33489	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	33488	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	33488,33489,33490	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	33489	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	33490	124
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	33489	54
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	33490	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	33488	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	33490	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	33488,33489	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	33489	119
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	33489,33490	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	33488	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	33489	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	3	33488,33489,33490	116
Laflammeite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂S₂	1	33489	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	33488,33489	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	33488	207
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	2	33488,33490	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2	33488,33490	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	33489	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2	33488,33490	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	33488	1066
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	1	33490	11
Palladinite ()*	None	PdO	1	33489	6
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	33490	37
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2	33488,33490	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	33488,33489	1512
Plumbopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂	1	33489	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	33488,33489,33490	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	33489,33490	9056
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	33490	34
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	33488	249
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	2	33488,33489	10
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2	33489,33490	44
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	1	33488	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	3	33488,33489,33490	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	33488	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	33488	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	3	33488,33489,33490	24
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1	33490	46
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	1	33489	18
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	2	33489,33490	66
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	1	33490	17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1	33489	53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	2	33489,33490	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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