Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Richardson Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 308611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richardson Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rainy River Mine

Latitude: 48°49'59"N
Longitude: 94°'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.833055555556,-94.016388888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	32923	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	32923	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	32923	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	32923	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	32923	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	32923	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	32923	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	32923	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	32923	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	32923	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	32923	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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