Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Best Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 262191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Best Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cuniptau Silica Deposit
Guppy Occurrence (Grays Siding)
Northland Mine (Rib Lake; James Lake; Harris Mine)

Latitude: 47°9'46"N
Longitude: 79°44'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.162777777778,-79.743055555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	32642	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	32642,32643	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32642	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	32643	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	32643	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	32642	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	32642	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	32641,32642,32643	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	32643	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	32641,32642	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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