Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
BMA527861 Area
BMA527862 Area

Latitude: 52°45'59"N
Longitude: 86°14'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.766388888889,-86.240555555556

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	Barringerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Isomertieite	Kaolinite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Talc	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atheneite ()*	Atokite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Dickite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Froodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majakite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polkanovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Retgersite ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Taramite ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Winchite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Barringerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Isomertieite Kaolinite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Stillwaterite Talc Ullmannite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	32396	8803
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1	32396	31
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	1	32395	15
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1	32395	29
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	32395	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32401	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	32395,32396,32401	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	6	32394,32395,32396,32399,32400,32401	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	32396,32401	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32401	1025
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	32395	124
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	32401	651
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	32396	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	32396,32401	8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	32396	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	32396	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2	32395,32396	119
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	32396	48
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	46
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	32395	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	32396,32399,32400,32401	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1	32396	22
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	1	32395	15
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	32396	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	32401	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	32401	84
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	32396	37
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2	32395,32396	38
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	32395,32401	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	32396	2273
Polkanovite ()*	None	Rh₁₂As₇	1	32396	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	32396,32399	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	32395,32396,32399,32401	9056
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	32401	55
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1	32395	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	32395	34
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	3	32395,32396,32401	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	32401	1214
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	32396	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	32396,32401	3337
Taramite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	10
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	2	32395,32396	15
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	2562
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32396	51
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32396	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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