Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balmer Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 256529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balmer Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Buffalo Gold Deposit
Campbell Mine (Placer Dome)
Dickenson Mine (Red Lake; Goldcorp; Arthur White)
H.G. Young Mine
Howey Mine

Latitude: 51°3'56"N
Longitude: 93°44'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.065555555556,-93.741111111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Benleonardite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Zoubekite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Berthierite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	32259	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32259	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	32257	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	32258	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	32258	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32258	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	32258,32259,32260	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	32259	73
Benleonardite ()*	Polybasite	Ag₁₅Cu(Sb,As)₂S₇Te₄	1	32259	20
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	32259	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	32259	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	32259	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	32257,32259	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	32257,32259,32260	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	32259	169
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	32258	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	32258,32259	9895
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	32258	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	32259,32260,32261	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32258	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	32257,32258,32259,32260,32261	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	32259	170
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	32259	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	32259	784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	32259	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	32258,32259,32260	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	32259	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	32257,32258	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	32259	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	32259	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	32257,32258,32259,32260,32261	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	32258,32259,32260	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	32257,32258,32259,32260,32261	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	32259	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	32258	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	32258,32259,32260,32261	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	32258,32259,32260	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	32259	5317
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	32258	73
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	32259	293
Zoubekite ()*	None	AgPb₄Sb₄S₁₀	1	32259	10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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