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Locality Name:
Hagey Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2697

mindat Locality ID: 255432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hagey Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shebandowan Mine

Latitude: 48°35'48"N
Longitude: 90°14'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.596666666667,-90.247777777778
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: Au Cu Fe Ni O Pd S Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22750269713333527198
Gold  (*)CopperAu2750269713333530554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42750269713333514899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe227502697133335155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS275026971333351066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8275026971333351512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S427502697133335131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22750269713333539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8275026971333359056
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427502697133335380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_684Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


1 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
Michelle_684275026972750-2697 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu21644Shebandowan Mine, Hagey Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, CanadaShebandowanHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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