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Locality Name:
Dundonald Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2707
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2707

mindat Locality ID: 29438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dundonald Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alexo Mine (Kelso)
Dundonald Occurrence

Latitude: 48°38'40"N
Longitude: 80°49'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.644444444444,-80.826944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayDiasporeHexahydriteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Oregonite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2270727071317653419
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427072707131765708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227072707231765,3176627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4270727071317653902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427072707131765951
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S813176640
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270727071317657437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1317662812
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S227072707231765,31766205
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O27072707131765251
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427072707231765,3176614899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8131766161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1317661066
Oregonite  (*)NoneFeNi2As2270727071317655
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS131766767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827072707231765,317661512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227072707231765,3176639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827072707231765,317669056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13176621482
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4131766380



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_664Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_664270727072707 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu9799Alexo Mine (Kelso), Dundonald Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaAlexoHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).


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