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Locality Name:
Beatty Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 256436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beatty Township, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aljo Mine
Argyll Mine (Maude Lake)
Blue Quartz Mine (Cartwright)
Dunlop Occurrence
Lucky Ben Mine (Treadwell; Mayot)
Stewart-Abate Mine

Latitude: 48°36'5"N
Longitude: 80°21'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.601388888889,-80.357777777778

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 Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetradymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS431696,31697,31699,317009052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31316961935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2631696,31697,31698,31699,31700,3170127198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1316988173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS331697,31698,3170024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu631696,31697,31698,31699,31700,3170130554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te131700804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21317015800
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te313170057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2631696,31697,31698,31699,31700,3170139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8531696,31697,31698,31700,317019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2631696,31697,31698,31699,31700,3170161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS431696,31697,31698,3170021482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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