Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marathon Deposit, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1109
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1107

mindat Locality ID: 263084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marathon Deposit, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°48'6"N
Longitude: 86°18'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.801666666667,-86.309444444444

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.

Amphibole	Auricupride	Barringerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Millerite	Modderite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Talc	Ullmannite

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 Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe Ge H Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Barringerite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Iron Isomertieite Melonite Millerite Modderite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Stillwaterite Talc Ullmannite

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anduoite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atokite ()*	Augite ()*
Bogdanovite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Coldwellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Empressite ()*
Froodite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Kravtsovite ()*	Laflammeite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lukkulaisvaaraite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Marathonite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Naldrettite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Niggliite ()*	Oberthürite ()*	Palarstanide ()*	Palladium ()*
Palladoarsenide ()*	Palladodymite ()*	Palladogermanide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*	Plumbopalladinite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodarsenide ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Silver ()*
Skaergaardite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stillwaterite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*	Telargpalite ()*
Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Törnroosite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Vasilite ()*
Vincentite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1109	1107	3419
Anduoite ()*	None	RuAs₂	1109	1107	9
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1109	1107	31
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1109	1107	29
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1109	1107	2060
Bogdanovite ()*	Auricupride	(Au,Te,Pb)₃(Cu,Fe)	1109	1107	11
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1109	1107	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1109	1107	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1109	1107	27198
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	1109	1107	15
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1109	1107	966
Coldwellite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pd₃Ag₂S	1109	1107	2
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1109	1107	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1109	1107	1027
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1109	1107	43
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1109	1107	62
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1109	1107	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1109	1107	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1109	1107	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1109	1107	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1109	1107	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1109	1107	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1109	1107	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1109	1107	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1109	1107	116
Kravtsovite ()*	Not in a structural group	PdAg₂S	1109	1107	2
Laflammeite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂S₂	1109	1107	7
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1109	1107	226
Lukkulaisvaaraite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pd₁₄Ag₂Te₉	1109	1107	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1109	1107	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1109	1107	22
Marathonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pd₂₅Ge₉	1109	1107	1
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1109	1107	161
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	1109	1107	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1109	1107	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1109	1107	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1109	1107	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1109	1107	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1109	1107	133
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	1109	1107	11
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1109	1107	633
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	1109	1107	22
Oberthürite ()*	Pentlandite	Rh₃Ni₃₂S₃₂	1109	1107	1
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	1109	1107	13
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1109	1107	59
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1109	1107	37
Palladodymite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂As	1109	1107	3
Palladogermanide ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂Ge	1109	1107	1
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1109	1107	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1109	1107	1512
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1109	1107	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1109	1107	485
Plumbopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂	1109	1107	10
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1109	1107	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1109	1107	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1109	1107	9056
Rhodarsenide ()*	Barringerite	Rh₂As	1109	1107	9
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1109	1107	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1109	1107	34
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1109	1107	5186
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	1109	1107	10
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	1109	1107	44
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	1109	1107	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1109	1107	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1109	1107	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1109	1107	24
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1109	1107	92
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1109	1107	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1109	1107	3337
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	1109	1107	18
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	1109	1107	30
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1109	1107	66
Törnroosite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁As₂Te₂	1109	1107	4
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1109	1107	48
Vasilite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇	1109	1107	11
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	1109	1107	17
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1109	1107	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1109	1107	53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1109	1107	32

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00273	1109	1107		U-Pb						Yes		Tarkianite	Mo	56562	Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada		Heaman and Machado (1992)	10.1007/BF00310744	CMP110_289

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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