Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Dent Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2740
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2740

mindat Locality ID: 256530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256530.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
South Bay Mine (Uchi-Confederation)

Latitude: 51°6'40"N
Longitude: 92°40'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.111111111111,-92.672222222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2740	2740	1	32302	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2740	2740	1	32302	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2740	2740	1	32302	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2740	2740	1	32302	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2740	2740	1	32302	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2740	2740	1	32302	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2740	2740	1	32302	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2740	2740	1	32302	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2740	2740	1	32302	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2740	2740	1	32302	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2740	2740	1	32302	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2740	2740	1	32302	21482

1 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-00266	2740	2740	Archean										S	195374	South Bay Mine (Uchi-Confederation), Dent Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Uchi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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