Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mackelcan Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 272399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272399.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cobalt Hill
Jess Lake Gold Prospect
Wolf Lake Deposit

Latitude: 46°50'49"N
Longitude: 80°38'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.846944444444,-80.633888888889

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	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Millerite	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Ce Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Millerite Monazite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33180	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	33180	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	33180	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	33180	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	33180	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	33180	1756
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	33180	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	33180	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	33180	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	33180	14640
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	33180	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	33180	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	33180	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	33180	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	33180	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	33180	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	33180	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	33180	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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