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


mindat Locality ID: 256553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256553.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Musselwhite Mine

Latitude: 52°36'46"N
Longitude: 90°21'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.612777777778,-90.363611111111
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetLöllingiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStilpnomelaneTalcTapioliteTitaniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21324213419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1324218803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31324212353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe132421489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1324219052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13242127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213242127198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6132421518
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2132421327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61324214135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1324218173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13242124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13242130554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31324211544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2132421223
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2132421762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413242114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213242117380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21324212273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213242139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81324219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213242161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1324214894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51324211516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31324211214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13242121482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6132421688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)132421978
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O132421456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21324213337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6132421211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O613242188
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1324214899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1324215251


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