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Locality Name:
Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1950
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1635

mindat Locality ID: 255668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Argor Carbonatite

Latitude: 50°43'30"N
Longitude: 80°34'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.725,-80.579166666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1950	1635	1	31736	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1950	1635	1	31736	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1950	1635	1	31736	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1950	1635	1	31736	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1950	1635	1	31736	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1950	1635	1	31736	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1950	1635	1	31736	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1950	1635	1	31736	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1950	1635	1	31736	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1950	1635	1	31736	9056
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1635	1	31736	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1950	1635	1	31736	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1950	1635	1	31736	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1792	1746	1	31736	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000523	Kapuskasing Structural Zone carbonatite complex
Jen_0000524	Kapuskasing Structural Zone carbonatite complex
Jen_0001049	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lozenge-shaped complex about 800 m in length dominantly of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and hornblendite.
Jen_0001050	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lozenge-shaped complex about 800 m in length dominantly of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and hornblendite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000523	1950	1950	1950	Pb-Pb			227770	Argor Carbonatite, Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Argor	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000524	1792	1746	1769±23	Pb-Pb	zircon	Zircon	227770	Argor Carbonatite, Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Argor	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001049	1635	1635	1635	K-Ar	biotite		227770	Argor Carbonatite, Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Argor	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001050	1655	1655	1655	K-Ar	biotite		227770	Argor Carbonatite, Moosonee Town, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada	Argor	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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