Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Finan Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finan Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Herman Lake Alkaline Complex
Island Gold Mine
Kremzar Mine

Latitude: 48°17'34"N
Longitude: 84°28'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.292777777778,-84.469166666667

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.

Cancrinite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	31546	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	31546	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31546	8803
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	31546	232
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	31546	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	31547,31548	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31546	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31546	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	31546	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	31547,31548	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31548	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	31546,31548	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	31546	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31546	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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