Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mamainse Point Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 28975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mamainse Point Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Copper Corp Mine
Copper Creek Mine
Mamainse Mine
Mamainse Point

Latitude: 47°1'53"N
Longitude: 84°45'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.031388888889,-84.763055555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet
Kaolinite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet
Kaolinite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31572	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	31570,31571	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	31570,31571	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	31570,31571	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	31570,31571,31572	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	31570,31571,31572,31573	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	31571,31572	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	31570	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31570	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	31570,31571	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	31570,31571	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31573	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31570	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	31570,31571	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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