Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 255594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vankoughnet Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Goulais River Mine (Prace Mine; Sill Lake Mine)

Latitude: 46°46'0"N
Longitude: 84°15'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.766666666667,-84.2575

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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: C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	31632	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	31632	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31632	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31632	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31632	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31632	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31632	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31632	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	31632	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	31632	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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