Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nipigon Reefs Project, Seagull Lake Complex, Seagull Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 303013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nipigon Reefs Project, Seagull Lake Complex, Seagull Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°46'0"N
Longitude: 90°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.766666666667,-90.916666666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Talc	Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baddeleyite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Talc Tetradymite Ullmannite Wurtzite Zircon Zirconolite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bogdanovite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Fukuchilite ()*	Galena ()*
Genkinite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Insizwaite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Osarsite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polarite ()*	Mertieite-I ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*
Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bogdanovite ()*	Auricupride	(Au,Te,Pb)₃(Cu,Fe)	11
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	13
Fukuchilite ()*	Pyrite	Cu₃FeS₈	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	12
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Insizwaite ()*	Pyrite	PtBi₂	15
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	16
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Polarite ()*	None	Pd(Bi,Pb)	10
Mertieite-I ()*	None	Pd_5+x(Sb,As)_2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	15
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	66
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	140
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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