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Locality Name:
GTP Block 7 Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2735
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2735

mindat Locality ID: 255689
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255689.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "GTP Block 7 Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mattabi Mine

Latitude: 49°52'26"N
Longitude: 90°58'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.873888888889,-90.970555555556
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: Ag Al As Cu Fe Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCorundumNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Veenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS273527351323359052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4273527351323355516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1127352735132335843
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2273527351323355171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22735273513233527198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1227352735132335663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS327352735132335105
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O427352735132335445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2735273513233524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32735273513233514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3273527351323355433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O427352735132335172
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27352735132335451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42735273513233514899
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3273527351323351425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22735273513233539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8273527351323359056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2273527351323355614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2735273513233521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS427352735132335586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13273527351323355317
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S5273527351323359


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
vms-0025527352735Archean       S15806Mattabi Mine, GTP Block 7 Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaMattabiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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