Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1886.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1695

mindat Locality ID: 256531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256531.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cochenour-Willans Mine (Wilanour)
Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources)
McKenzie Mine (McKenzie Red Lake)
McMarmac Mine
Red Lake Gold Shore Mine
Sanshaw-Bonanza Mine
Wilmar Mine

Latitude: 51°3'48"N
Longitude: 93°49'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.063333333333,-93.816944444444
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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg 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: 
AcanthiteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperMeloniteNickeline
NonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymite
Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1323122793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1886.91695432307,32308,32310,32312489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1886.91695532306,32307,32308,32310,323119052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4132308343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11132306843
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2132312361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13230827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21886.91695732306,32307,32308,32309,32310,32311,3231227198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS132306966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21323089895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1886.91695332307,32308,3231224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1886.91695732306,32307,32308,32309,32310,32311,3231230554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te132312804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14232308,32311784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2132306230
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8132308111
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS132312767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81323061512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2232308,32312409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21886.91695732306,32307,32308,32309,32310,32311,3231239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81886.91695732306,32307,32308,32309,32310,32311,323129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21886.91695732306,32307,32308,32309,32310,32311,3231261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2232306,323125614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1886.91695432307,32308,32309,323124894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3132306179
Silver  (*)CopperAg1323095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1886.91695632307,32308,32309,32310,32311,3231221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3332308,32309,323113418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41886.91695232307,32312337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S132310510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13332306,32310,323115317


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000528Kapuskasing Structural Zone carbonatite complex
Jen_0001051MAGMATIC STYLE: Aeromagnetic survey indicates probably an intrusion of about 1x0.3 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Hornblendite and fenite.
Jen_0001052MAGMATIC STYLE: Aeromagnetic survey indicates probably an intrusion of about 1x0.3 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Hornblendite and fenite.


3 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
Jen_00005281886.91885.11886±0.9U-Pb zircon   Zircon  191407Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaGoldrayErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001051169516951695K-Ar biotite     191407Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaGoldrayWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001052188618821884±2U-Pb zircon   Zircon  191407Gold Eagle Mine (Goldray; Canray Resources), Dome Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaGoldrayWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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