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Locality Name:
Kapkichi Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 256544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapkichi Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Thierry Mine

Latitude: 51°30'53"N
Longitude: 90°20'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.514722222222,-90.348055555556

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CubaniteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1323422793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21323423419
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13234211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41323425516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4132342154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1323425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213234227198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1323423846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3132342802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21323429895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2132342246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1323428173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21323429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13234224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313234214640
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)132342116
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)132342451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1323421487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413234214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213234212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21323425674
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2132342155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1323421066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2132342133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81323421512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213234239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81323429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213234261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1323425186
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)13234277
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13234221482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)13234292
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21323423337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1323424899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21323422562
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2132342106
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4132342380
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3132342297



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