Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Six Mile Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 255696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Six Mile Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Creek Zone
Lyon Lake Zone
Sturgeon Lake Mine
Sub-Creek Zone Deposit

Latitude: 49°53'2"N
Longitude: 90°53'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.883888888889,-90.888055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2735	2735	1	32418	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2735	2735	1	32417	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2735	2735	1	32417	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2735	2735	1	32417	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2735	2735	1	32417	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2735	2735	1	32417	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2735	2735	1	32417	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2735	2735	1	32417	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2735	2735	2	32417,32418	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00254	2735	2735	Archean										S	243684	Lyon Lake Zone, Six Mile Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Lyon Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00264	2735	2735	Archean										S	243681	Sturgeon Lake Mine, Six Mile Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Sturgeon Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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