Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whistle Mine, Norman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 26278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whistle Mine, Norman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°46'23"N
Longitude: 80°52'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.773055555556,-80.877777777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Ullmannite

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: As Au Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Se Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Se Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Marcasite Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetradymite Ullmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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